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Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... Nasal Drip • GERD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
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 ... systemic disease: GERD ... #Diagnosis #Schema ... #Acute #Chronic
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
the Child with Chronic ... Asthma Are there ... other allergic disorders ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
: Diagnosis • Heartburn ... throat clearing, chronic ... cough GERD: ... exclude motility disorders ... Laryngitis • Asthma
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
drip syndrome), asthma ... reflux disease (GERD ... Chronic cough has ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Differential #Table
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Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... familial eosinophilia Secondary ... histiocytosis • Allergic: Asthma ... insufficiency, Chronic