Choanal atresia
Symptoms:
- present in the newborn infant
- difficulty breathing following birth unless infant is crying
- inability to nurse and breathe at same time
- marked retraction of chest unless breathing through mouth or crying
- nurse is unable to pass a catheter through each side of the nose into the throat
Signs and tests:
Physical examination may show an obstruction of the nose. Inability to pass a catheter through one or both side(s) of the nose into the back of the throat strongly suggests of a nasal obstruction.
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