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

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
and COPD The diagnosis ... , and ACO initially ... evaluation of exposure to ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... #Differences #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Poor ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics
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
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... /allergies; Cough ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... #differential #diagnosis
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Mild to severe ... Intermittent/Seasonal • Chronic ... Associations: • Asthma ... Conjunctivitis Clinical ... #Rhinitis #diagnosis
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
There are many definitions, but most come down to the presence of granulomas (pathologically or
most come down to ... pathologically or clinically ... ) and asthma/eosinophils ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
function similarly to ... released during an allergic ... reaction or asthma ... Disorders: • Chronic ... ’s Disease • Asthma
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... : 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 ... Other causes #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics