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Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Pediatric Cough ... - Differential ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... 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 ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Asthma Are there ... rhinitis needing treatment ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds ... #pediatrics #primarycare
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Tuberculosis - Lung ... Abscess - Asthma ... Cancer of the Lung ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... once stable - ... shows a small, stable ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic ... lung such as Asthma ... 2nd-line agent for chronic ... Medications #management #treatment ... #comparison #table
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
drip syndrome), asthma ... patients.8,9 Empiric treatment ... in such cases, treatments ... #Cough #Differential ... #Table
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