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Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
- Differential ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... #Cough #Differential ... #Causes #Peds #
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential # ... Algorithm
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Allergic Rhinitis ... inflammation to specific allergic ... Associations: • Asthma ... Sinusitis • Allergic ... NUIM_Chiefs #Allergic
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... /allergies; Cough ... loss, malaise • Allergic ... , CF; Chronic cough ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Diagnosis Algorithm ... histiocytosis • Allergic ... : Asthma, Eczema ... insufficiency, Chronic ... #allergy
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... infection - Atopic asthma ... family history of allergy ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... common causes are asthma ... , allergy, drug ... #Differential #
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Allergic Bronchopulmonary ... with underlying asthma ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... • Increased cough ... @PulmPEEPs #Allergic