Clinical features of oesophageal atresia
The clinical presentation is of a child unable to swallow saliva, bubbling fluid from the mouth, who chokes on the first feed. The bubbling occurs within 20 minutes of birth.
There is a high incidence of aspiration pneumonia, either from the oesophageal pouch into the trachea, or in the presence of a tracheoesophageal fistula via the fistula into the trachea.
Reference
- Slater BJ, Rothenberg SS. Tracheoesophageal fistula. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jun;25(3):176-8.
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