Treating a Range of Breathing and Swallowing Disorders in Children

At the Pediatric Aerodigestive Clinic at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, our multidisciplinary team diagnoses and treats children with complex airway, breathing and swallowing disorders.

These conditions include:

• Airway obstruction
• Aspiration, choking when eating, and other swallowing disorders
• Aspiration pneumonia
• Bronchial stenosis
• Bronchomalacia
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
• Chronic lung disease
• Dysphagia (feeding and swallowing problems)
• Dyspnea
• Esophageal atresia
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Glottic stenosis
• Hypoventilation
• Interstitial lung disease
• Laryngeal atresia
• Laryngeal cleft
• Laryngeal stenosis
• Laryngomalacia
• Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Stenosis of the airways (narrowing)
• Stridor
• Subglottic stenosis
• Tracheal stenosis
• Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
• Tracheomalacia
• Tracheostomy dependence
• Vocal cord paralysis