dyspnea

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Dyspnea continued to increase, and eighteen days after admission the man was in great distress, very little air entering the chest.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Dyspnea is usually absent in bronchial foreign bodies.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Dyspnea, and croupy, barking, cough with no change in the tone or pitch of the speaking voice are characteristic signs of subglottic stenosis.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Dyspnea may be present if the foreign body is large enough to compress the trachea.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Dyspnea is usually present in tracheal foreign bodies, and is due to the bulk of the foreign body plus the subglottic swelling caused by the traumatism of the shiftings of the intruder.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier