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Abnormality of the upper respiratory tract

MedGen UID:
871244
Concept ID:
C4025727
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Upper respiratory tract issues
 
HPO: HP:0002087

Definition

An abnormality of the upper respiratory tract. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chovatiya R, Paller AS
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021 Oct;148(4):927-940. Epub 2021 Aug 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.08.009. PMID: 34437922Free PMC Article
Bitners AC, Arens R
Lung 2020 Apr;198(2):257-270. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00408-020-00342-5. PMID: 32166426Free PMC Article
Kaditis AG, Alonso Alvarez ML, Boudewyns A, Alexopoulos EI, Ersu R, Joosten K, Larramona H, Miano S, Narang I, Trang H, Tsaoussoglou M, Vandenbussche N, Villa MP, Van Waardenburg D, Weber S, Verhulst S
Eur Respir J 2016 Jan;47(1):69-94. Epub 2015 Nov 5 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00385-2015. PMID: 26541535

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tonni G, Koçak Ç, Grisolia G, Rizzo G, Araujo Júnior E, Werner H, Ruano R, Sepulveda W, Bonasoni MP, Lituania M; “International Perinatology Research Group (IPRG)”
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2023 Aug;42(4):651-674. Epub 2023 May 17 doi: 10.1080/15513815.2023.2206905. PMID: 37195727
Rapoport DM, Mitchell JJ
Mol Genet Metab 2017 Dec;122S:49-54. Epub 2017 Aug 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.08.008. PMID: 28964643
Neelapu BC, Kharbanda OP, Sardana HK, Balachandran R, Sardana V, Kapoor P, Gupta A, Vasamsetti S
Sleep Med Rev 2017 Feb;31:79-90. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.01.007. PMID: 27039222
Sahoo NK, Desai AP, Roy ID, Kulkarni V
J Craniofac Surg 2016 Sep;27(6):e529-33. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002815. PMID: 27607130
Tessier P, Ciminello FS, Wolfe SA
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2009;43(4):177-96. doi: 10.1080/02844310802517259. PMID: 19401938

Diagnosis

Tonni G, Koçak Ç, Grisolia G, Rizzo G, Araujo Júnior E, Werner H, Ruano R, Sepulveda W, Bonasoni MP, Lituania M; “International Perinatology Research Group (IPRG)”
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2023 Aug;42(4):651-674. Epub 2023 May 17 doi: 10.1080/15513815.2023.2206905. PMID: 37195727
Jefferson ND, Cohen AP, Rutter MJ
Semin Pediatr Surg 2016 Jun;25(3):138-43. Epub 2016 Feb 20 doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2016.02.006. PMID: 27301599
Jain U, Thakur G, Kallury A
BMJ Case Rep 2011 Oct 11;2011 doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4665. PMID: 22675013Free PMC Article
Tan R, Spector S
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2007 Nov;7(6):421-6. doi: 10.1007/s11882-007-0064-5. PMID: 17986371
Bush A
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg 2000;54(3):317-24. PMID: 11082768

Therapy

Simões EAF, Madhi SA, Muller WJ, Atanasova V, Bosheva M, Cabañas F, Baca Cots M, Domachowske JB, Garcia-Garcia ML, Grantina I, Nguyen KA, Zar HJ, Berglind A, Cummings C, Griffin MP, Takas T, Yuan Y, Wählby Hamrén U, Leach A, Villafana T
Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023 Mar;7(3):180-189. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00321-2. PMID: 36634694Free PMC Article
Chovatiya R, Paller AS
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021 Oct;148(4):927-940. Epub 2021 Aug 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.08.009. PMID: 34437922Free PMC Article
Chua F, Desai SR, Nicholson AG, Devaraj A, Renzoni E, Rice A, Wells AU
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019 Nov;16(11):1351-1359. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201902-181CME. PMID: 31425665Free PMC Article
Kaditis AG, Alonso Alvarez ML, Boudewyns A, Alexopoulos EI, Ersu R, Joosten K, Larramona H, Miano S, Narang I, Trang H, Tsaoussoglou M, Vandenbussche N, Villa MP, Van Waardenburg D, Weber S, Verhulst S
Eur Respir J 2016 Jan;47(1):69-94. Epub 2015 Nov 5 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00385-2015. PMID: 26541535
Fernandez-Bussy S, Mahajan B, Folch E, Caviedes I, Guerrero J, Majid A
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 2015 Oct;22(4):357-64. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000177. PMID: 26348694

Prognosis

Simões EAF, Madhi SA, Muller WJ, Atanasova V, Bosheva M, Cabañas F, Baca Cots M, Domachowske JB, Garcia-Garcia ML, Grantina I, Nguyen KA, Zar HJ, Berglind A, Cummings C, Griffin MP, Takas T, Yuan Y, Wählby Hamrén U, Leach A, Villafana T
Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023 Mar;7(3):180-189. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00321-2. PMID: 36634694Free PMC Article
Morgan LC, Birman CS
Paediatr Respir Rev 2016 Mar;18:33-8. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2015.09.006. PMID: 26898410
Tessier P, Ciminello FS, Wolfe SA
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2009;43(4):177-96. doi: 10.1080/02844310802517259. PMID: 19401938
Lelli GJ Jr, Maher EA, Milite JP, Dyleski R
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2008 Nov-Dec;24(6):499-501. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31818b6e57. PMID: 19033859
Metlay JP, Kapoor WN, Fine MJ
JAMA 1997 Nov 5;278(17):1440-5. PMID: 9356004

Clinical prediction guides

Gatti JE
Plast Reconstr Surg 2023 Oct 1;152(4):765-772. Epub 2023 Mar 7 doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010361. PMID: 36877617
Simões EAF, Madhi SA, Muller WJ, Atanasova V, Bosheva M, Cabañas F, Baca Cots M, Domachowske JB, Garcia-Garcia ML, Grantina I, Nguyen KA, Zar HJ, Berglind A, Cummings C, Griffin MP, Takas T, Yuan Y, Wählby Hamrén U, Leach A, Villafana T
Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023 Mar;7(3):180-189. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00321-2. PMID: 36634694Free PMC Article
Manica D, Schweiger C
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2021 Dec;26(6):101293. Epub 2021 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101293. PMID: 34561176
Danopoulos S, Deutsch GH, Dumortier C, Mariani TJ, Al Alam D
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021 Nov 1;321(5):L892-L899. Epub 2021 Sep 1 doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00434.2020. PMID: 34469245Free PMC Article
Bitners AC, Arens R
Lung 2020 Apr;198(2):257-270. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00408-020-00342-5. PMID: 32166426Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Colosia A, Costello J, McQuarrie K, Kato K, Bertzos K
Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2023 Feb;17(2):e13100. Epub 2023 Feb 5 doi: 10.1111/irv.13100. PMID: 36824394Free PMC Article
Detsky ME, Jivraj N, Adhikari NK, Friedrich JO, Pinto R, Simel DL, Wijeysundera DN, Scales DC
JAMA 2019 Feb 5;321(5):493-503. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.21413. PMID: 30721300
Kazachkov M, Palma JA, Norcliffe-Kaufmann L, Bar-Aluma BE, Spalink CL, Barnes EP, Amoroso NE, Balou SM, Bess S, Chopra A, Condos R, Efrati O, Fitzgerald K, Fridman D, Goldenberg RM, Goldhaber A, Kaufman DA, Kothare SV, Levine J, Levy J, Lubinsky AS, Maayan C, Moy LC, Rivera PJ, Rodriguez AJ, Sokol G, Sloane MF, Tan T, Kaufmann H
Respir Med 2018 Aug;141:37-46. Epub 2018 Jun 21 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.06.017. PMID: 30053970Free PMC Article
McCaffer C, Blackmore K, Flood LM
J Laryngol Otol 2017 Nov;131(11):946-954. Epub 2017 Oct 25 doi: 10.1017/S0022215117002092. PMID: 29067893
Neelapu BC, Kharbanda OP, Sardana HK, Balachandran R, Sardana V, Kapoor P, Gupta A, Vasamsetti S
Sleep Med Rev 2017 Feb;31:79-90. Epub 2016 Jan 30 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.01.007. PMID: 27039222

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