Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma
The peril of incorrect diagnostic labelling is highlighted by this case of acute respiratory distress caused by a retrosternal recurrent goitre. An initial clinical diagnosis which cannot be fully validated on investigation with unexpected or poor response to treatment should prompt consideration an...
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| description | The peril of incorrect diagnostic labelling is highlighted by this case of acute respiratory distress caused by a retrosternal recurrent goitre. An initial clinical diagnosis which cannot be fully validated on investigation with unexpected or poor response to treatment should prompt consideration and investigation for an alternative explanation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e07c647133014c8e8188e75b73c7e7de2025-08-20T03:26:05ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/498372498372Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic AsthmaSantosh Balakrishnan0Sudeendra Doddi1Sophie Helme2Prakash Sinha3Department of General Surgery, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Greater London, BR6 8ND, UKDepartment of General Surgery, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Greater London, BR6 8ND, UKDepartment of General Surgery, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Greater London, BR6 8ND, UKDepartment of General Surgery, Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Greater London, BR6 8ND, UKThe peril of incorrect diagnostic labelling is highlighted by this case of acute respiratory distress caused by a retrosternal recurrent goitre. An initial clinical diagnosis which cannot be fully validated on investigation with unexpected or poor response to treatment should prompt consideration and investigation for an alternative explanation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/498372 |
| spellingShingle | Santosh Balakrishnan Sudeendra Doddi Sophie Helme Prakash Sinha Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma |
| title_full | Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma |
| title_fullStr | Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma |
| title_short | Every Wheeze Does Not Merit a Puffer! Case of an Overnight Cure of Chronic Asthma |
| title_sort | every wheeze does not merit a puffer case of an overnight cure of chronic asthma |
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