Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Bronchial pneumonia diagnosis and differential diagnosis

The diagnosis of bronchial pneumonia According to fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing, lung, small wet-Lo, to make a diagnosis. Of the cases do not obvious signs of X-ray examination, helped confirmed. Have been diagnosed as pneumonia cases should be combined with clinical performance and related laboratory examination results, and strive to make the diagnosis, treatment and guidance in order to estimate the prognosis. The differential diagnosis of bronchial pneumonia (A) of acute bronchitis Systemic symptoms of light, generally no obvious symptoms of hypoxia and breathing difficulties, lung and heard the sound of wet Romania, and more is not fixed, with the cough change. (B) Acute miliary tuberculosis Miliary tuberculosis also may be in the high fever, shortness of breath, coughing, cyanosis, such as pneumonia with similar symptoms, but often not obvious-lung Lo. According to a history of exposure to tuberculosis, tuberculin test positive and lung X-ray examination showed Miliary shadow we can identify. (C) bronchial foreign body A foreign body aspiration history, suddenly choking, combined with chest X-ray examination can distinguish, if necessary, feasible Branchofiberoscopy.

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