• EMS world · Jan 2011

    Wheezing in the pediatric patient. A review of prehospital management of two childhood diseases--bronchiolitis and asthma.

    • Scott R Snyder, Michael Santiago, and Kevin T Collopy.
    • San Francisco Paramedic Association, CA, USA. scottrsnyder@me.com
    • EMS World. 2011 Jan 1; 40 (1): 40, 42, 44-6 passim.

    AbstractA wheeze is a high-pitched, musical, continuous sound that originates from oscillations in narrowed airways. Wheezing is most often the result of bronchiolitis in infants and asthma in older children. This article will discuss the similarities and differences between these two childhood diseases, along with management of the infant or child with wheezing.

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