title: Recognition of upper airway obstruction misdiagnosed as asthma.
abstract: Distinguishing new onset asthma from an insidious upper airway obstruction can prove difficult and is more frequently being addressed in the medical literature. We examine our experience in a teaching hospital and analyze the problems relating to establishing the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine 40292.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Habenstein
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fields
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012135:Respiratory Sounds