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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Child with Chronic Asthma ... other allergic disorders ... Other causes should ... clubbing - Growth failure ... Assessment #diagnosis #peds
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Congestive Heart Failure ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... #Causes #Peds #
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
INSPIRED OXYGEN • Low ... OSA DIFFUSION DISORDER ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... , asthma, COPD, ... #hypoxia #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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• Left heart failure ... Exacerbation of Asthma ... tardus (delayed/slow ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #causes
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
infection - Atopic asthma ... atopy - Cardiac failure ... neuromuscular disorder ... - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... /Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
of Respiratory Acid-Base ... Disorders Alkalosis ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... : Obstruction, Asthma ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
usually: - hypoxemia ... hypoperfusion/ hypoxemia ... Seizures - Severe asthma ... - Low cardiac ... /DKA - Liver failure
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
consider infarction, hypoxia ... Slow Breathing ( ... Bradypnea) Slow ... heart failure, ... asthma, chronic