Recognition of upper airway obstruction misdiagnosed as asthma.
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.
Habenstein
K R
KR
Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine 40292.
Roy
T M
TM
Morris
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Fields
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CL
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