A mother brought her 17-month-old son to the urgent care clinic with complaints of choking and gagging after eating potato chips at his grandmother's house. His mother was unsure if he had eaten anything else with the potato chips and does not think the child turned blue during the choking and gagging episode. He returned to his normal activity shortly after the episode occurred, but since then, he has had a few intermittent coughing spells. Physical Exam: VS T 37.2, P 103, R 28, BP 98/55, O2 saturation 96% in RA, height/weight/head circumference are all 25-50%ile. He is walking around the exam room in no acute distress.
He has a normal physical exam except for an occasional low-pitched, monophonic expiratory wheeze heard best over the sternal notch. What could be the diagnosis? What tests should be performed next? *This case is from Docplexus Editorial Team for educative…
