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The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
- with viral infections ... infection - ... disorder - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Is typically inspiratory ... plugs, Mediastinal mass ... aspiration, Parasitic infection ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Wheezing - Differential ... • Mediastinal Mass ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Pulmonary
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Peribronchial pulmonary ... edema • Infectious ... Parasite • Focal: Mass ... Consolidation (Infection ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Diagnosis Framework ... ETIOLOGIES: Infectious ... Hemangioma • Tracheal mass ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Compression: Mediastinal mass ... Asthma/COPD, Viral infections ... #pulmonary #wheeze
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Tachypnea: Respiratory ... • Hyperpnea: Respiratory ... dysfunction; toxic ingestions
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... benign growth with respiratory ... These include infections ... lymph nodes) • Wheezing
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... endemic fungi cause ... pain, hemoptysis, wheezing ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
and/or chills • Wheezing ... Most Common Causes ... rhonchi, scattered wheezing ... , and inspiratory ... #differential #