A 7-year-old boy with no prior respiratory disease presents to the emergency department with acute onset dyspnea and bilateral wheezing that began 10 minutes after sprinting during a soccer game on a cold, dry day. He denies fever, cough, or recent upper respiratory infection. Physical examination reveals clear bilateral wheezing, prolonged expiratory phase, and peak expiratory flow of 62% predicted. Oxygen saturation is 94% on room air. He receives nebulized albuterol and shows rapid clinical improvement with normalization of peak flow to 88% predicted within 30 minutes. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. A)Acute viral bronchitis with reactive airway disease
  2. B)Exercise-induced bronchoconstrictionGABARITO
  3. C)Acute asthma exacerbation triggered by environmental allergen exposure
  4. D)Foreign body aspiration of the left mainstem bronchus
  5. E)Anaphylaxis secondary to insect sting during outdoor activity

Explicação

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is the most likely diagnosis. Key clinical features support this: (1) symptom onset during intense exercise (sprinting), (2) cold, dry environmental trigger (cold air is a known EIB precipitant), (3) previously asympt... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →

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