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Noisy Breathing
Aka: Noisy Breathing
- See Also
- Stridor
- Wheezing
- History
- Sound characteristics
- Wheezing
- Stridor
- Rattle in chest
- Snurgles
- Onset
- Sudden onset: Foreign body
- Insidious onset: Asthma
- Congenital onset: Anatomic abnormality
- Relationship to provocative factors
- Exercise or activity
- Infection or environmental changes
- Feedings
- Effects of prior therapy
- Episodes of Choking or gagging
- Previous evaluations
- History: Family History
- Asthma or Chronic Bronchitis
- Allergy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Recurrent infections
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- History: Environmental exposures
- Passive smoke
- Cigarettes
- Wood burning stove
- Kerosene heaters
- Allergens or irritants
- Dirt or dust
- Mold (wet basement)
- Air Pollution
- Feathers
- Too many stuffed animals
- Animal exposure
- Birds
- Cats
- Dogs
- Examination
- Respiratory Rate
- Tachypnea is most sensitive marker for lung disease
- Respiratory effort
- Orthopnea
- Retractions
- Wheezing
- Grunting
- Auscultation
- Inspiratory Stridor (Extrathoracic)
- Expiratory Wheezes (Intrathoracic)
- Differential Wheeze from side to side (Foreign body)
- Digital Clubbing
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Abscess
- Bronchiectasis
- Neoplasm
- Pulse Oximetry
- Imaging
- Standard evaluation
- Chest XRay (PA and lateral views)
- Lateral neck film
- Specific indications
- Esophagram
- UGI series
- Chest CT scan
- Scintiscan
- Ventilation-perfusion scan
- Labs: As indicated
- Complete Blood Count with differential
- Sweat Chloride
- Immunoglobulin Profile
- HIV Testing
- Diagnosis
- Pulmonary Function Testing
- Flexible bronchoscopy