Functional Respiratory Disorders in Children

Manju Hurvitz; Miles Weinberger

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2020.09.013

Functional Respiratory Disorders in Children

Manju Hurvitz, Miles Weinberger^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Pediatrics

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Abstract

Functional respiratory disorders (FRDs) are those characterized by respiratory symptoms without anatomic or organic etiology. Clinicians caring for children encounter these disorders and should be familiar with diagnosis and treatment. FRDs encompass the habit cough syndrome and its variants, vocal cord dysfunction, hyperventilation disorders, functional dyspnea, and sighing syndrome. Failure to identify these disorders results in unnecessary testing and medication. This article reviews the clinical presentation, manifestation, and treatment of respiratory FRDs in children. How health care providers can successfully identify and treat these reversible conditions in the clinical setting is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-237
Number of pages	15
Journal	Pediatric Clinics of North America
Volume	68
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2020.09.013
State	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

Dysfunctional breathing
Functional respiratory disease
Habit cough
Hyperventilation
Vocal cord dysfunction

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