Upper airway wheezing: Inducible laryngeal obstruction vs. excessive dynamic airway collapse.

This report highlights the presentation of a United States Army soldier who after a deployment was given a diagnosis of asthma, later found to have ILO and was subsequently diagnosed with concurrent EDAC. We follow up with a literature review and discussion of symptomatology, diagnosis, exercise bronchoscopy, and treatment modalities for both EDAC and ILO.
PMID: 30989047 [PubMed]

Source: Respiratory Care - April 18, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rendo M, Sjulin TJ, Morris MJ, Burguete S Tags: Respir Med Case Rep Source Type: research