Wheeze
August 18th, 2017
Overview
Wheeze is the presence of high-pitched musical sounds on auscultation of the chest, which may be heard on inspiration or expiration.
Wheeze is a sign of airway narrowing.
Causes of Wheeze
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Viral bronchospasm
- Bronchiectasis
- Pulmonary oedema
- Aspiration
- Bronchial / tracheal obstruction - foreign body, tumour, stenosis
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
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