Wheezing

DDx

  • Asthma
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Congestive heart failure (cardiac asthma)
  • Acute bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Airway obstruction (eg, tumor, goiter)
  • Foreign-body aspiration
  • Aspiration pneumonia
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Angioedema or anaphylaxis
  • Carcinoid syndrome
  • Vocal cord dysfunction
  • Ascariasis

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