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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Child with Chronic Asthma ... Other causes should ... rhinitis needing treatment ... #Assessment #diagnosis ... #peds #pediatrics
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
, and ACO initially ... summary of the differential ... ACO = asthma-COPD ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
Causes of Eosinophilia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Bugs: ... Dermatitis - Asthma ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Allergic Rhinitis ... Associations: • Asthma ... Inflamed Turbinates Treatment ... #Rhinitis #diagnosis ... #management
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... #Causes #Peds #
NAACP mnemonic for the major causes of Eosinophilia 
N = Neoplasia (CML, Hodgkins lymphoma) 
A =
for the major causes ... lymphoma) A = Allergy ... / Atopy A = Asthma ... Eosinophilia #NAACP #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... are asthma, allergy ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
infection - Atopic asthma ... family history of allergy ... disorder - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Diagnosis Framework ... released during an allergic ... reaction or asthma ... ’s Disease • Asthma ... #Diagnosis #causes