Pediatrics, Reactive Airway Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Pediatrics, Reactive Airway Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

Overview: Not all children who wheeze have asthma. Most children younger than 3 years who wheeze are not predisposed to asthma. Only 30% of infants who wheeze go on to develop asthma. Reactive airway disease has a ...

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