Wheezing in the pediatric patient. A review of prehospital management of two childhood diseases--bronchiolitis and asthma.

A wheeze is a high-pitched, musical, continuous sound that originates from oscillations in narrowed airways. Wheezing is most often the result of bronchiolitis in infants and asthma in older children. This article will discuss the similarities and differences between these two childhood diseases, along with management of the infant or child with wheezing.