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* No specific lab findings  
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* Viral tests like ELISA and immunoassays may be done in case of RSV infection.
* Viral tests like ELISA and immunoassays may be done in case of RSV infection.
* Pulmonary function test is performed to exclude other lung diseases.
* Pulmonary function test is performed to exclude other lung diseases.<ref name="pmid18339530">{{cite journal| author=Ghanei M, Tazelaar HD, Chilosi M, Harandi AA, Peyman M, Akbari HM et al.| title=An international collaborative pathologic study of surgical lung biopsies from mustard gas-exposed patients. | journal=Respir Med | year= 2008 | volume= 102 | issue= 6 | pages= 825-30 | pmid=18339530 | doi=10.1016/j.rmed.2008.01.016 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18339530  }} </ref>
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Revision as of 13:58, 22 June 2017

Diseases Symptoms Signs Diagosis
Lab tests Imaging
Bronchiolitis
  • No specific lab findings
  • Viral tests like ELISA and immunoassays may be done in case of RSV infection.
  • Pulmonary function test is performed to exclude other lung diseases.[1]
Asthma
COPD
Bacterial pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
Influenza
Common cold
Tuberculosis
Interstitial pneumonitis (Hamman - Rich syndrome)
Foreign body aspiration
Sarcoidosis
Pertussis
  • Nasopharyngeal swab
  • Culture
  • Serology to detect pertussis toxin.
No remarkable imaging findings.

Differential diagnosis of bronchiolitis: Asthma, COPD, sarcoidosis, pneumonia, heart failure, DIPNECH, foreign body inhalation, pulmonary embolism and GERD (in case it is associated with asthma).

  1. Ghanei M, Tazelaar HD, Chilosi M, Harandi AA, Peyman M, Akbari HM; et al. (2008). "An international collaborative pathologic study of surgical lung biopsies from mustard gas-exposed patients". Respir Med. 102 (6): 825–30. doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2008.01.016. PMID 18339530.