Common Breathing Issues During Respiratory Season with Ben Hughes, MD (Rebroadcast S4:E18)

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org 

Respiratory diseases account for nearly a quarter of all pediatric consultations. And in addition to the usual suspects on our differentials, we now have the consideration of COVID-19. In today’s episode, we talk with Ben Hughes, MD about the most common breathing issues during respiratory season, important diagnostic considerations and treatments options.

Dr. Hughes is a pediatric pulmonologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado and lives locally on the Western Slope of Colorado in Grand Junction; he is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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