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==Laboratory Findings== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
Tests that may be done to diagnose this [[condition]] include<ref name="pmid30348058">{{cite journal |vauthors=Casazza G, Graham ME, Nelson D, Chaulk D, Sandweiss D, Meier J |title=Pediatric Bacterial Tracheitis-A Variable Entity: Case Series with Literature Review |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=160 |issue=3 |pages=546–549 |date=March 2019 |pmid=30348058 |doi=10.1177/0194599818808774 |url=}}</ref>: | Tests that may be done to diagnose this [[condition]] include <ref name="pmid30348058">{{cite journal |vauthors=Casazza G, Graham ME, Nelson D, Chaulk D, Sandweiss D, Meier J |title=Pediatric Bacterial Tracheitis-A Variable Entity: Case Series with Literature Review |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=160 |issue=3 |pages=546–549 |date=March 2019 |pmid=30348058 |doi=10.1177/0194599818808774 |url=}}</ref>: | ||
*[[Complete|Complete Blood Picture]] - [[leukocytosis]] or [[leukopenia]] | *[[Complete|Complete Blood Picture]] - [[leukocytosis]] or [[leukopenia]] | ||
* C-Reactive Protein - it is an acute phase reactant that may be increased | * C-Reactive Protein - it is an acute phase reactant that may be increased | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rija Gul, M.D.[2], Dushka Riaz, MD
Overview
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of tracheitis include leukocytosis, increased ESR and C- reactive protein. [1]
Laboratory Findings
Tests that may be done to diagnose this condition include [2]:
- Complete Blood Picture - leukocytosis or leukopenia
- C-Reactive Protein - it is an acute phase reactant that may be increased
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate - it is an acute phase reactant that may be increased
- Arterial Blood Gas - Hypoxemia
- Nasopharyngeal culture
- Tracheal culture
- Blood culture
- Flexible/ Direct laryngoscopy
- Bronchoscopy