Symptoms of Wheezing
Symptoms of Wheezing
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- STRIDOR
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- WHEEZING
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Stridor
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Stridor
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Wheezing
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Stridor
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Stridor
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Wheezing
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Stridor
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Stridor
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Stridor
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- WHEEZING
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Wheezing
- "Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas" (2003)
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Wheezing - Case 1-1: 8-Month-Old Girl:
IV. Clinical Presentation of Vascular Rings and Slings
(Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas)
Most infants present with symptoms in early infancy. Superimposed viral
infection with edema of the trachea or bronchi may account for or contribute to
the respiratory symptoms. Asymptomatic infants, particularly those with
aberrant right subclavian artery, are sometimes diagnosed incidentally on the
basis of a chest roentgenogram taken during a viral respiratory illness.
The symptoms of a vascular ring or sling are caused by tracheal compression and,
to a lesser degree, esophageal compression. Symptoms of tracheal compression
include wheezing, stridor, and apnea. Some infants hyperextend their necks to
reduce tracheal compression. Symptoms related to esophageal compression include
emesis, choking, and nonspecific feeding difficulties in infants and dysphagia
in older children. Less severe obstructions may cause recurrent respiratory
infections as a result of aspiration or inadequate clearing of respiratory
secretions.
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Source: Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas, 2003
Wheezing - Case 1-3: 5-Week-Old Boy:
IV. Clinical Presentation
(Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas)
Most children with extralobar pulmonary sequestration present during the first
year of life. They may be discovered during the neonatal period while
undergoing evaluation of other congenital anomalies. In such cases, the
associated congenital anomalies usually dominate the clinical picture. A few
children with extralobar sequestration present with respiratory distress when
the sequestered lobe impairs ventilation by impinging on the surrounding lung.
Cases not diagnosed in the neonatal period may be detected incidentally on
chest radiographs obtained during a respiratory illness. Infection of an
extralobar sequestration is uncommon.
Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is rarely detected during infancy; two thirds
of patients present after 10 years of age. Common symptoms include productive
cough, hemoptysis, recurrent pneumonia, fever, and chest pain. A few patients
with large supplying arteries have worsening exercise tolerance or congestive
heart failure due to a large systemic arterial-to-pulmonary venous shunt
through the sequestration. Infection of the sequestration, usually due to a
fistula between the sequestration and the respiratory or digestive tract,
occurs more commonly with intralobar than with extralobar sequestrations.
Physical examination reveals dullness to percussion and decreased breath sounds
in the area of the sequestration. Digital clubbing and cyanosis may be present.
Skeletal abnormalities such as pectus excavatum, thoracic asymmetry, and rib
anomalies are noted in some patients. Rarely, an intrathoracic bruit is heard
in the region of the sequestration.
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Source: Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas, 2003
Wheezing - Case 1-4: 15-Month-Old Girl:
IV. Clinical Presentation
(Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas)
Infants with TEF and esophageal atresia are symptomatic from birth. They
accumulate large amounts of oral secretions, which precipitate coughing,
choking, emesis, and respiratory distress. Abdominal distention results from
accumulation of intestinal air via the TEF. A flat, gasless abdomen suggests
esophageal atresia either without a TEF or with an obliterated TEF that still
requires surgical repair.
Infants with an H-type TEF do not present in the neonatal period. Instead, their
symptoms are mild or moderate and persistent. Symptoms in infants with H-type
fistulas include coughing, choking, and cyanosis with feedings. Because the
tracheoesophageal connection is small, these symptoms usually occur with liquid
or formula feedings. There is no dysphagia. Children with H-type TEF may have
improvement of their symptoms when they make the transition from formula to
more solid foods. Many children have recurrent episodes of pneumonia or
pneumonitis due to aspiration of gastrointestinal contents through the fistula.
On examination, abdominal distention occurs after crying as air traverses
through the fistula into the stomach. Diffuse wheezing may be related to
aspiration.
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Source: Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas, 2003
Wheezing - Case 1-5: 5-Week-Old Boy:
IV. Clinical Presentation
(Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas)
The clinical presentation of children with TAPVC depends on the presence or
absence of pulmonary venous obstruction. Most children without obstruction
present with tachypnea and failure to thrive, with gradually worsening cyanosis
and congestive heart failure. Approximately 50% have symptoms during the first
month of life, and the remainder during the first year. Cyanosis may be minimal
initially, but it increases as congestive heart failure progresses. Cyanosis
occurs because the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood to the systemic
venous circulation instead of to the left atrium. Congestive heart failure
occurs because of increased pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary hypertension.
Hepatomegaly and peripheral edema often accompany cardiac failure. There is no
cardiac murmur.
Obstruction is more common in children with infradiaphragmatic TAPVC because of
venous compression as the common venous trunk passes through either the
esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm or the portal venous circulation. Most
children with infradiaphragmatic TAPVC, and one third of children with
supracardiac TAPVC, present with pulmonary venous obstruction. These infants
are usually asymptomatic at birth but develop symptoms within the first few
weeks of life. Infants with pulmonary venous obstruction present with rapidly
progressive dyspnea, pulmonary edema, cyanosis, and congestive heart failure.
Alteration in the character of the cry (“neonatal dysphonia”) occurs in one fourth of infants with supracardiac TAPVC as a result of
compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve as it passes the dilated
common pulmonary vein. Infants with infradiaphragmatic TAPVC may have worsening
cyanosis with swallowing, straining, and crying, as a consequence of
interference with pulmonary venous outflow caused by increased intraabdominal
pressure or impingement of the esophagus on the common pulmonary vein as it
exits through the esophageal hiatus. The child in the presented case did not
have pulmonary venous obstruction despite having infradiaphragmatic TAPVC. His
history of cyanosis with crying is consistent with infradiaphragmatic TAPVC.
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Source: Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas, 2003
Wheezing - Case 1-6: 4-Month-Old Boy:
IV. Clinical Presentation
(Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas)
Infants with unrecognized HIV usually develop PCP between 2 and 6 months of age.
A bronchiolitis-like illness occurs, with gradually worsening tachypnea and
accessory muscle use. Physical examination reveals the absence of fever and a
paucity of findings on auscultation. Rales and cyanosis develop as the illness
progresses.
In older HIV-infected children, the spectrum of clinical manifestations varies.
The symptoms may initially be mild and slowly progressive, delaying the
diagnosis. High fevers are common. Findings on lung auscultation are often
unimpressive compared with the degree of dyspnea, tachypnea (80 to 100/minute)
and hypoxia. Scattered rales, rhonchi, or wheezes may be heard as the illness
resolves. In children with an underlying non-AIDS immunodeficiency disorder
such as leukemia or solid organ transplantation, the onset of symptoms occurs
more abruptly than in HIV-infected children, but the physical examination
findings are similar.
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Source: Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas, 2003
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