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Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... #Cough #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
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 ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential # ... Algorithm
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Crackles • Asthma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... , CF; Chronic cough ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Cough - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... FVC < LLN): • Asthma ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction • Asthma ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Diagnosis Algorithm ... familial eosinophilia Secondary ... histiocytosis • Allergic: Asthma ... insufficiency, Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
drip syndrome), asthma ... Chronic cough has ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Differential # ... Table
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