When wheezing may not mean asthma: Other common and uncommon causes to consider

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-111

  Krieger, Bruce P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROPELLANT; VACCINE;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; VOCAL CORD; WHEEZING;

EID: 0036675328     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2002.08.1282     Document Type: Review

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