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Diagnostic Category | Cause |
---|---|
Anatomic | Extrinsic to airway |
 | Lymphadenopathy |
 | Tumor |
 | Diaphragmatic hernia |
 | Vascular ring/aberrant vessel |
 | Intrinsic to airway |
 | Tracheomalacia |
 | Foreign body |
 | Endobronchial tuberculosis |
 | Vocal cord dysfunction |
 | Bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
 | Congestive heart failure |
 | Congenital lobar emphysema |
Inflammatory/infectious | Asthma |
 | Bronchiolitis |
 | Respiratory syncytial virus |
 | Influenza A and B |
 | Adenovirus |
 | Rhinovirus |
 | Bronchitis |
 | Pneumonia |
 | Mycoplasma pneumonia |
 | Chlamydia pneumonia |
 | Aspiration pneumonia |
 | Bronchiectasis |
 | Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency |
 | Pulmonary hemosiderosis |
Genetic/metabolic | Cystic fibrosis |
 | Immotile cilia syndrome |
 | Kartagener syndrome |
 | Metabolic disturbance |
 | Hypocalcemia |
 | Hypokalemia |