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Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
common diagnoses Acute ... Effusions - Rare Peripheral ... tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Consolidations AKA "inverse pulmonary ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Eosinophil Disorders ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... for secondary causes ... (common causes ... are asthma, allergy
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
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 ... Stress #Chronic #Asthma ... Assessment #diagnosis #peds
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... and Hemoptysis Acute ... Lung Abscess - Asthma ... Cardiovascular Disorders ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Beta-Agonist: • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Pulmonary
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Crackles • Asthma ... pneumonia #Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
infection - Atopic asthma ... neuromuscular disorder ... - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic ... (DAH), asthma in ... nodules, asthma ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung periphery
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma