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*[[Rales]] (crakles)
*[[Rales]] (crakles)
*Decreasing [[respiratory sounds]] may indicate a progresion in the airway obstruction which may progress to [[respiratory failure]].<ref name="pmid14757603">{{cite journal| author=Bordley WC, Viswanathan M, King VJ, Sutton SF, Jackman AM, Sterling L et al.| title=Diagnosis and testing in bronchiolitis: a systematic review. | journal=Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med | year= 2004 | volume= 158 | issue= 2 | pages= 119-26 | pmid=14757603 | doi=10.1001/archpedi.158.2.119 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14757603  }} </ref>
*Decreasing [[respiratory sounds]] may indicate a progresion in the airway obstruction which may progress to [[respiratory failure]].<ref name="pmid14757603">{{cite journal| author=Bordley WC, Viswanathan M, King VJ, Sutton SF, Jackman AM, Sterling L et al.| title=Diagnosis and testing in bronchiolitis: a systematic review. | journal=Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med | year= 2004 | volume= 158 | issue= 2 | pages= 119-26 | pmid=14757603 | doi=10.1001/archpedi.158.2.119 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14757603  }} </ref>
*Sound changes during examaninations is characteristic of bronchiolitis.


The association between cyanosis and rales has been shown as a predictor of severity.<ref name="pmid1971330">{{cite journal| author=Mulholland EK, Olinsky A, Shann FA| title=Clinical findings and severity of acute bronchiolitis. | journal=Lancet | year= 1990 | volume= 335 | issue= 8700 | pages= 1259-61 | pmid=1971330 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1971330  }} </ref>
The association between cyanosis and rales has been shown as a predictor of severity.<ref name="pmid1971330">{{cite journal| author=Mulholland EK, Olinsky A, Shann FA| title=Clinical findings and severity of acute bronchiolitis. | journal=Lancet | year= 1990 | volume= 335 | issue= 8700 | pages= 1259-61 | pmid=1971330 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1971330  }} </ref>

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Physical Examination Adapted from Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases[1]

General appearance

Vitals

  • Tachypnea
  • Fever may or may not be present at the moment of the examination. The lack of fever don't exclude the diagnosis.

Lung

Inspection

  • Chest retractions:
  • Intercostal retractions
  • Substernal retractions
  • Nasal flaring in infants

Auscultation

The association between cyanosis and rales has been shown as a predictor of severity.[3]

References

  1. Mandell, Gerald L.; Bennett, John E. (John Eugene); Dolin, Raphael. (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious disease. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.
  2. Bordley WC, Viswanathan M, King VJ, Sutton SF, Jackman AM, Sterling L; et al. (2004). "Diagnosis and testing in bronchiolitis: a systematic review". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 158 (2): 119–26. doi:10.1001/archpedi.158.2.119. PMID 14757603.
  3. Mulholland EK, Olinsky A, Shann FA (1990). "Clinical findings and severity of acute bronchiolitis". Lancet. 335 (8700): 1259–61. PMID 1971330.


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