The question of parallax-effect on radiographic assessment of short trachea in infants and children

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 21; no. 7; p. 490
• Main Authors: Wells, T R, Landing, B H, Padua, E M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.11.1991
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Congenital Abnormalities - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Posture; Radiography; Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Trachea - abnormalities; Trachea - diagnostic imaging

Disproportionately short trachea, can be recognized in AP chest radiographs of infants and older children taken during quiet respiration and showing an evaluable air tracheobronchogram, by the thoracic vertebral level of the carina (normally at T4 in neonates and infants, and at T5 in children two y...