Study examines the diagnosis of exercise‐induced respiratory symptoms in children – News-Medical.Net

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 18 2020
Exercise-induced respiratory symptoms are common in childhood, and it can be difficult to diagnose their cause. A study published in Pediatric Pulmonology found that the diagnoses proposed by primary care physicians are often not the same as the final diagnoses after specialist referrals.
In the study of 214 children, the final diagnosis was asthma in 54% of cases, extrathoracic dysfunctional breathing in 16%, thoracic dysfunctional breathing in 10%,…

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