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Expiratory wheezeAka: Wheeze, Wheezing

Infants
1. Acute
  1. Infection (e.g. RSV Bronchiolitis)
  2. Congestive Heart Failure
  3. Asthma
2. Chronic or Recurrent
  1. Tracheomalacia
  2. Cystic Fibrosis
  3. Tracheoesophageal Fistula
  4. Vascular Ring
  5. Tracheal Stenosis
  6. Congenital Lobar Emphysema
  7. Diaphragmatic Hernia
  8. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  9. Gastroesophageal Reflux
  10. Aspiration Pneumonitis
  11. Extrinsic compression by tumor (neuroblastoma)
  12. Visceral larval migrans
  13. Hemosiderosis
  14. Asthma
Children and Adolescents
1. Acute
  1. Infection
  2. Foreign Body
  3. Asthma
2. Chronic or Recurrent
  1. Foreign Body
  2. Asthma
  3. Allergic Bronchopulmonary
  4. Aspergillosis
  5. Cystic Fibrosis
  6. Ciliary Dysmotility Syndrome
  7. Tumors or Lymph node compression
  8. a1-antitrypsin Deficiency
  9. Sarcoidosis

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