Stridor in childhood asthma.
Three asthmatic children are reported with shortness of breath due to stridor. The stridor was preceded by a deterioration in asthma control necessitating the introduction or increased dosage of a pressurized beclomethasone inhaler. The stridor mimicked asthmatic symptoms and was only differentiated by auscultation directly over the neck and by response to nebulized adrenaline. One child had a laryngeal foreign body which probably gained entry via a pressurized inhaler.
Storr
J
J
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton, East Sussex.
Tranter
R
R
Lenney
W
W
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019819:Budesonide; D002648:Child; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male; D010150:Paint; D011282:Pregnenediones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D011282:Pregnenediones; D019819:Budesonide; D004837:Epinephrine