Pant Wheeze Pant Wheeze
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Glenn JonesPosted
Wed 25 Aug 2010 9:35am
That about sums up yesterday’s run. Hill repeats on what is quickly becoming my least favorite place in Southern California – the hill on San Joaquin Hills Road from the back bay to Jamboree. 120 feet up in 1/4 mile. Then back down to repeat. Eight times. A one mile warm up and a one mile cool down made for six tough miles. Well – at least the ...
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Whoosh, wheeze, whoosh, wheeze, thump, thump...
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FumasivilPosted
Fri 12 Mar 2010 12:15am
Just been on a fi rst aid refresher course as I need to refresh my first aid skills after 3 years. It's the first time I've been with the CI. It was quite an interesting experience and finally after all these years I was able to discern the different sounds that those with laboured breathing sound like - asthmatic attack, heart attack, hypervent ...
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Minimizing Asthma Wheezing
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Lucy J.Posted
Fri 18 Feb 2011 10:46pmWheezing is known to be a symptom of different serious illnesses such as asthma and even threatening heart diseases that can result in death. This is a serious threat that should not be taken for granted, with the possible diseases that it may result from. A person who wheezes successively and not been
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Oral Steroids Ineffective in the Treatment of Preschool Virus-Induced Wheezing
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Ed H.Posted
Sun 25 Jan 2009 3:45pm
A new study from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry has found that a common treatment for wheezing in preschool children is no more effective than a placebo.
The findings, reported in the January edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, call into question national guidelines for the treatment of viral-induced wheezingRead on »
Seriously, that wheeze is not Asthma!!!
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Respiratory TherapistPosted
Thu 16 Sep 2010 8:03pm
As any good RT knows, not all wheezing is associated with asthma but this knowlege that we have about wheezing has not been disseminated to all the masses that walk the halls of a hospital. I know for myself that I do attempt to educatate nurses about the different types of things that can cause wheezing, for example congestive heart failure
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Chest Xrays in Wheezing Children?
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Wed 15 Jul 2009 8:06pm
Radiographic Pneumonia Uncommon in Children With Wheezing
by Laurie Barclay & Penny Murata
July 10, 2009 — Because radiographic pneumonia in children with wheezing... issue of Pediatrics.
"The diagnosis of pneumonia in children with wheezing can be difficult, because the clinical history and auscultatory findings may be difficult
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Epinephrine and dexamethasone for viral wheeze in infants
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
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Giving oral dexamethasone and inhaled epinephrine to infants with viral wheeze (paediatricians in Britain might give a diagnosis of wheezy bronchitis) may reduce the need...
There is uncertainty about the value of inhaled bronchodilators and steroids for infants who wheeze. Now a multicentre trial in Canada has shown that treatment with oral
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Epinephrine and dexamethasone for viral wheeze in infants
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Poh Tin TanPosted
Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:01pm
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Giving oral dexamethasone and inhaled epinephrine to infants with viral wheeze (paediatricians in Britain might give a diagnosis of wheezy bronchitis) may reduce the need...There is uncertainty about the value of inhaled bronchodilators and steroids for infants who wheeze. Now a multicentre trial in Canada has shown that treatment with oral
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Can a girl get a wheeze? Please?
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GertrudePosted
Tue 14 Apr 2009 11:40pm
thick rhonchi noises, squeaky musical wheezes. They each tell us a story. The worst lung sound to hear? silence. Not the familar woosh of air moving in and out that says clear.... She gets an Albuterol/Atrovent tx and 125mg solumedrol IV. By the time she got to the ER she was wheezing everywhere.
I guess my point to this is that not all wheezing is bad
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FDA alert for kids who wheeze: Albuterol nebulizer solution recall
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Denise and Alan F.Posted
Mon 03 Jan 2011 5:07pm
The FDA recalled certain lots of Albuterol 0.083% nebulizer solution that comes in 3 ml vials. The concentration on the packaging is mislabelled. Consumers should return any unused portion to where the medication was purchased. Check the link for full details.
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