The Nonasthmatic Crow

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CROWING respirations herald a pediatric emergency; stridor signals the gerontologist to begin a diagnostic evaluation. Pity the adult in his prime. Everyone knows that "All that wheezes is not asthma", but just the same, the wheezing young or middle-aged patient is likely to be treated for asthma without much effort being made at excluding other possibilities. This way lies danger. Report of Cases Case 1. —After a six month period of depression, a 21-year-old woman attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills. She was resuscitated in the Emergency Ward with assisted positive pressure delivered through an endotracheal tube. Because she appeared to be waking up quickly, the service in charge was reluctant to replace the endotracheal tube with a tracheostomy. The tube, therefore, stayed in place for over two days before a tracheostomy was performed. The patient recovered quickly and signed out of the hospital against advice. She was seen by

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