A 10-month-old boy presents with 2 days of coryzal symptoms, cough and increasing breathlessness. He has poor feeding and saturations of 91% on air. O...

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A 10-month-old boy presents with 2 days of coryzal symptoms, cough and increasing breathlessness. He has poor feeding and saturations of 91% on air. On examination he has bilateral fine crackles and wheeze with subcostal recession. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Bronchiolitis.

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Asthma exacerbation.

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Croup.

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Pneumonia with lobar consolidation.

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Foreign body aspiration.

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Bronchiolitis

A 10-month-old boy presents with 2 days of coryzal symptoms, cough and increasing breathlessness. He has poor feeding and saturations of 91% on air. On examination he has bilateral fine crackles and wheeze with subcostal recession. What is the most likely diagnosis?