RT Book, Section
A1 Lefebvre, Cedric W.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1132929484
T1 Acute Bronchitis and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132929484
RD 2024/04/23
AB Bacterial  and  viral  infections  of  the  respiratory  tract  can  result  in  a  wide  range  of  clinical  syndromes  including  acute  bronchitis,  the  common  cold,  influenza,  and  respiratory  distress  syndromes.  Uniform  definitions  for  the  most  common  of  these  clinical  syndromes  are  lacking  because  the  symptoms  associated  with  upper  respiratory  tract  infections  (URIs)  frequently  overlap  and  their  causative  pathogens  are  similar.  The  broad  definition  of  acute  bronchitis  is  as  follows:  a  self-limited  inflammation  of  the  large  airways  characterized  by  cough  without  evidence  of  pneumonia,  without  an  alternative  medical  disorder  to  explain  the  symptoms,  or  without  a  history  of  chronic  lung  disease.1