• COPD
  • CHF
  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
  • GERD (Aspiration in GERD)
  • Tumor (mechanical airway obstruction)
  • ACEI induced cough.
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
  • Vocal cord dysfunction / paralysis
  • Central airway obstruction
  • Extrathoracic obstruction
  • Eosinophilic pneumonia
  • Foreign-body aspiration
  • Laryngotracheal mass
  • Tracheal stenosis
  • Tracheomalacia
  • Angioedema
  • Airway edema from inhalation injury
  • Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • Factitious disorder
  • Malingering
  • Conversion disorder

 

 

Further Reading

Respir Care 2008;53(5):568–580. http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/05.08/05.08.0568.pdf

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