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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
other allergic ... disorders? ... - Allergic rhinitis ... triggers: - Allergic ... #diagnosis #peds
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
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Irritant/Exposure: Allergic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... common causes are asthma ... , allergy, drug ... #diagnosis #hematology
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Algorithm Idiopathic ... histiocytosis • Allergic ... : Asthma, Eczema ... insufficiency, Chronic ... #Algorithm #allergy
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... infection - Atopic asthma ... family history of allergy ... neuromuscular disorder ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
released during an allergic ... reaction or asthma ... Myeloproliferative Disorders ... : • Chronic myeloid ... ’s Disease • Asthma
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 ... Aspergillus • Peripheral ... @PulmPEEPs #Allergic
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic ... medications #treatment #diagnosis ... Allergy. 2018;73 ... particular emphasis on asthma ... J Allergy Clin Immunol