Vijayasekaran Shyan
Faculty of Medicine and health sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Perth Children's hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Front Pediatr. 2020 Jun 4;8:246. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00246. eCollection 2020.
Congenital or acquired disorders of the pediatric airway can affect the upper, lower, or entire airway. There are fundamental differences between the anatomy and physiology of the neonate, pediatric, and adult airways. Infants are not merely small adults in this respect and size, surface area, proportion, resistance, and compliance vary greatly between the age groups. A clear understanding of these significant differences and how they affect patients dependent on age is key to appropriate management.
小儿气道的先天性或后天性疾病可影响上气道、下气道或整个气道。新生儿、儿童和成人气道的解剖学和生理学存在根本差异。在这方面，婴儿并非仅仅是体型较小的成年人，不同年龄组之间在尺寸、表面积、比例、阻力和顺应性等方面差异很大。清楚了解这些显著差异以及它们如何随年龄影响患者，是进行恰当管理的关键。
