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Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Immunodeficiency • Chronic ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
the Child with Chronic ... Asthma Are there ... - Stress #Chronic ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Effusions - Rare Peripheral ... mechanical ventilation Chronic ... tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Constitutional Symptoms - Peripheral ... edema" - Common Peripheral
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... infection - Atopic asthma ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Intermittent/Seasonal • Chronic ... Associations: • Asthma ... Conjunctivitis Clinical
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
physiology and clinical ... PaCO2, causing chronic ... is similar to asthma ... develop substantial chronic
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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
often w/ acute on chronic ... failure (ie.. asthma ... exacerbation) • Chronic ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
with underlying asthma ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... Aspergillus • Peripheral
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma ... , chronic rhinosinusitis ... glomeruli, and peripheral
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis Clinical ... Highly variable clinical ... - Symptoms of chronic ... Anti-Smooth Muscle Abs (ASMA ... mild laboratory, clinical