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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
, Asthma-COPD Overlap ... diagnosis of COPD ... , asthma, and ACO ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... #Treatment
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... and Diagnosis Asthma ... frequent • Symptoms: Cough ... , Dyspnea, Wheeze ... curve, Low peak
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Poor ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Acute Pediatric Cough ... Algorithm No Fever ... Post-nasal drip - Wheeze ... Crackles • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Stridor ... : • Asthma • ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Child with Chronic Asthma ... rhinitis needing treatment ... Stress #Chronic #Asthma ... #Assessment #diagnosis ... #peds #pediatrics
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Not all that wheezes ... is asthma Vibrations ... of turbulent flow ... Primary bronchi: - Asthma
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... , COPD, Sinusitis ... #Diagnosis #Schema ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Abnormal ... FVC < LLN): • Asthma ... • COPD Upper ... Lower Airway: • Asthma
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm CXR ... Beta-Agonist: • Asthma ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics