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Noun
  1. plural of retraction
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On examination, he was tachypneic with intercostal retractions and inspiratory stridor.
Some more affected children will have hoarseness, aphonia, and inspiratory retractions that are severe enough to cause chest wall deformity.
A small fraction, consistent with one or two molecules of tip retractions, show clear sawtooth patterns in force.
She was noted to have significant subcostal retractions for which she was given vaporized racemic epinephrine and dexamethasone intravenously once.
We describe the case of a 20-month-old girl with a gastrostomy tube who presented with stridor, daily emesis, stertor, and mild neck retractions.
On examination, she was noted to be sitting upright and breathing without tachypnea, retractions or stridor.

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