Acute Tracheo-bronchitis

[Acute bronchitis].

Cough is the most common illness-related reason for ambulatory care visits in the United States. Acute bronchitis is a clinical diagnosis characterized by cough due to acute inflammation of the trachea and large airways without evidence of pneumonia. Pneumonia should be suspected in patients with tachypnea, tachycardia, dyspnea, or lung findings suggestive of pneumonia, and radiography is warra...

Acute Bronchitis

Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 40-year-old man with no underlying lung disease has a 7-day history of mild shortness of breath with exertion, as well as cough that is now productive of purulent sputum. He reports no paroxysms of cough and no contact with ill persons in his community. He does not appear to be in distress. His temperature is 37°C, his pulse 84 beats per minute,...

Acute plastic bronchitis.

Plastic bronchitis is a rare disorder characterized by the formation of bronchial cast. The etiology is obscure, though usually associated with conditions like asthma, aspergillosis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis and cardiac problems.

Mucous Gland Enlargement in Chronic Bronchitis: Extent of Enlargement in the Tracheo-bronchial Tree.

Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.

Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis are one of the major public health challenges. New data suggest that they will remain so for many years. Although the role of bacteria in the initiation and maintenance of bronchial inflammation, both during and between exacerbations, is well recognized, studies of the long-term effects of therapy are few and inadequate, and the nature of the relationsh...