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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). | 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). | ||
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Revision as of 16:10, 22 June 2017
Bronchiolitis should be differentiated with other diseases that cause cough and dysnea.
Diseases | Symptoms | Signs | Diagosis | ||||||
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Fever | Cough | Chest pain | Wheezes | Crackles | Edema | Tachycardia | Lab tests | Imaging | |
Bronchiolitis | +/- | Dry | - | + | + | - | +/- |
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Asthma | - | Dry/Productive | - | + | - | + Pulmonary edema | - |
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COPD | + | Productive | |||||||
Bacterial pneumonia | + | Productive | |||||||
Pulmonary embolism | - | Bloody | + | + | |||||
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia | - | Dry | - | + | - |
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Tuberculosis | + | Bloody | |||||||
Interstitial pneumonitis (Hamman - Rich syndrome) | + | Productive | |||||||
Foreign body aspiration | - | Dry | |||||||
Sarcoidosis | - | Dry | |||||||
Pertussis | + | Dry | - | - |
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Congestive heart failure | - | Dry/Productive | + while walking | - | - | + | + |
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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).