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Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Asthma Are there ... Other causes should ... rhinitis needing treatment ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Pediatric Cough - Differential ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... #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 Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
Causes of Eosinophilia ... - Differential ... Dermatitis - Asthma ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome - Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Allergic Rhinitis
Mild to severe persistent nasal mucosal inflammation to specific allergic triggers
WHO? 
 • 1 in
Allergic Rhinitis ... Intermittent/Seasonal • Chronic ... Associations: • Asthma ... Inflamed Turbinates Treatment ... Rhinitis #diagnosis #management
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
Basophilia - Differential ... released during an allergic ... reaction or asthma ... Disorders: • Chronic ... ’s Disease • Asthma
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... for secondary causes ... are asthma, allergy ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential
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
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
Most episodes of chronic ... drip syndrome), asthma ... patients.8,9 Empiric treatment ... , treatments should ... #Cough #Differential
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hemorrhage (DAH), asthma ... pulmonary nodules, asthma ... sparing of the lung periphery ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment