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An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... Malignancy, Mediastinal mass ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Parasite • Focal: Mass ... #Breathing #differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Hemangioma • Tracheal mass ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Is typically inspiratory ... plugs, Mediastinal mass ... 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
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... #Differential # ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Pulmonary
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... against narrowed airway ... Compression: Mediastinal mass ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
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 #
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Anterior ... benign growth with respiratory ... lymph nodes) • Wheezing ... • Stridor (high-pitched
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Chest pain • Wheezing ... Bronchoscopy can miss ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Noninfectious Causes
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
- Attempt to pass ... This can cause life-threatening ... stoma and pull anteriorly ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential ... #management #pulmonary