A 3-Month-Old Girl with a Persistent Cough and Respiratory Distress
Answer 4
Reassure the patient and perform no additional testing at this time.
Asymptomatic vascular rings are not indications for surgery. An ECG and echocardiogram will not rule in or out the diagnosis of vascular ring. She is not wheezing or complaining of dyspnea, so there is no need for pulmonary function tests at this time.
Check our archive to test your knowledge in other pediatric cases:
If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, simply click on the icon below,
scroll down to the "Get the Free Acrobat Reader" heading and
follow the instructions to install the program. Acrobat enables you to convert
any document into an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file for easy viewing.