An Analysis of Electronic Laryngoscopy Results in 2500 Children with Hoarseness
- VernacularTitle:2500例声嘶儿童及青少年电子喉镜检查结果分析
- Author:
Hua WANG
;
Shilin LIU
;
Yamei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hoarseness;
Laryngofiberscopy;
Children
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
1998;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the common causes and clinical features associated with hoarseness in children of different ages.Methods The data of 2 500 children suffering from hoarseness were analyzed with electronic laryngofiberscopy retrospectively.Results There were 1 746 males and 754 females. The top 5 causes of hoarseness were vocal cord nodules(44.2%,1 105 cases),vocal hypertrophy (38.2%,955cases),acute and subacute laryngitis(6.5%,163cases),the paralysis of vocal cord(6.82%,141cases),and laryngeal papilloma(1.6%,40cases). These five diseases were common in children with hoarseness with 2 404 out of 2 500. 37.12% of the children were under school ages as the largest age group and the ratio of male and female was 2.32:1. The top five diseases were statistically distributed in different age groups (P
