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Near-Fatal Asthma

By Mark D. Siegel, MD, FCCP

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**Table 2—***Differential Diagnosis of Severe Asthma*
Congestive heart failure/myocardial infarction Pulmonary embolism Upper airway obstruction Epiglottitis Foreign body aspiration Tumor Anaphylaxis/angioedema COPD Bronchiolitis Vocal cord dysfunction Hyperventilation syndrome Acute bronchitis/pneumonia

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