Sandbox: Bronchiolitis DD

Diseases	Diagosis
Diseases	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).

↑ 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.

[pmid18339530-1] 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.

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Sandbox: Bronchiolitis DD

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