EMedicine (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
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Description: An article authored by Samuel Ong MD about acute bronchitis. Extensive details include... the work up, treatment medications and follow up.Bronchitis Acute bronchitis refers simply to inflammation of the tracheobronchial tree. The cause is usually infectious, but allergens and irritants can produce a similar clinical picture. Bronchitis typically occurs in the setting of an upper respiratory illness and is therefore observed more frequently in the winter months. Asthma can be mistakenly diagnosed as acute bronchitis if the patient has no prior history of asthma. In one study, one third of patients who had been determined to have recurrent bouts
Specializes in: bronchitis tracheobronchitis chronic obstructive lung disease cold obstructive airway disease... oad pulmonary