Update: Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Disease in Children

Abstract

A few pulmonary diseases that occur only during childhood are associated with clinical manifestations rarely seen in adults. Most of the manifestations of pulmonary disease unique to children are probably explained by growth and development rather than by unique features of the diseases themselves. Therefore this article is oriented more toward growth and development than toward disease. This discussion is limited to relatively new knowledge, much of it a product of applied technology. The intent is to help those interested in pediatric lung disease to develop new clinical perceptions or to "calibrate" some they already have.