A 7-month-old infant presents with cough, tachypnoea, wheeze and poor feeding. Examination shows respiratory rate 60 per minute, subcostal recession a...

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A 7-month-old infant presents with cough, tachypnoea, wheeze and poor feeding. Examination shows respiratory rate 60 per minute, subcostal recession and oxygen saturation 92 percent on room air. Auscultation reveals widespread crackles and wheeze. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Bronchiolitis

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Asthma

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Pneumonia with effusion

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Croup

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Foreign body aspiration

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Bronchiolitis

A 7-month-old infant presents with cough, tachypnoea, wheeze and poor feeding. Examination shows respiratory rate 60 per minute, subcostal recession and oxygen saturation 92 percent on room air. Auscultation reveals widespread crackles and wheeze. What is the most likely diagnosis?