Your patient is a nine-month-old infant in respiratory distress with grunting respirations of 50 per minute, nasal flaring, and intercostal retractions. He is pale, and you note scattered bilateral wheezing on auscultation of the lungs. The mother states that the child is healthy and up-to-date on all his immunizations. Which of the following conditions is most likely, based on this information?
A) New onset asthma
B) Bacterial tracheitis
C) Bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
D) Epiglottitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b
C
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A. once per month. B. as many times as the patient receives treatment. C. only at discharge from the hospital. D. only the first time you see the patient.
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