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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
CHD, congenital ... heart disease; CPET ... veno-occlusive disease ... , chronic lung disease ... #Workup #Algorithm
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Sequestration • Congenital ... Endobronchial Disease ... #Pulmonary
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Connective Tissue Disease ... Hypertension - Congenital ... Heart Disease ... Valvular Lung Disease ... Thromboembolic Disease
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Consider sickle cell disease ... Cold agglutinins disease ... , Hemoglobin H disease ... #workup #hematology ... #testing
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup ... Eating disorders ... Hypoplastic MDS • Congenital ... Metastatic Disease ... #Hematology
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup ... Eating disorders ... Hypoplastic MDS • Congenital ... Metastatic Disease ... #Hematology
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
early onset • Congenital ... Disease • Cyanotic ... Heart Disease ... Disease #Polycythemia ... #Causes #Hematology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... intermediate risk of disease ... microscopy • Testing ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... interstitial lung disease ... ), PAH (pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #testing ... #workup
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart disease ... heart diseases ... disease • Vasovagal ... acquired heart disease ... Structural heart disease