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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Congestive Heart Failure ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Embolism #Dyspnea #SOB ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... , asthma, COPD, ... #Respiratory #Failure ... #hypoxia #Differential
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
and Diagnosis Asthma ... of right heart failure ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... - Strong Medicine ... comparison #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Hypoxemia or tissue ... morphine, sedatives), Stroke ... : Obstruction, Asthma ... #respiratory #acidbase ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
/Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
consider infarction, hypoxia ... Cheyne-Stokes Breathing ... heart failure, ... asthma, chronic ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary