title: Pseudoasthma: a new clinical entity?
abstract: A functional syndrome resembling either asthma or airway obstruction, or both, is described. It is probably caused by voluntary glottic closure. Therapy with sedation and reassurance has proven successful. Patients with this syndrome must be carefully examined and observed to exclude the possibility of organic upper airway obstruction.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives