MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital helps young patients with a variety of disorders affecting their airway and gastrointestinal system. Our pediatric specialists work as a team to help children who have swallowing, digestive, breathing and respiratory problems.
Expert pediatric aerodigestive care
Our multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive care team includes specialists skilled in pulmonology, gastroenterology, feeding therapy and otolaryngology (ears, nose and throat). Our specialists will examine and evaluate your child and then collaborate to create an individualized treatment plan to fit their unique needs. Patients, parents and primary doctors are an important part of the care team.
Conditions commonly treated
- Apnea
- Airway obstruction
- Aspiration
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Bronchomalacia
- Chronic lung disease
- Chronic cough or wheezing
- Craniofacial syndromes that cause airway obstruction and associated feeding problems
- Dysphagia (swallowing problems)
- Esophageal atresia
- Failure to thrive
- Gastro-esophageal reflux disease, GERD
- Laryngeal cleft
- Laryngomalacia
- Motility disorders
- Subglottic stenosis
- Tracheomalacia
- Tracheostomy
- Vocal cord dysfunction/paralysis
Services
Depending on your child's unique case, treatment may include medication, dietary changes, occupational therapy and respiratory therapy to manage the conditions and get symptoms under control.
