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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
Malignancy, Mediastinal mass ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Parasite • Focal: Mass ... Stridor #Noisy #Breathing ... #differential #
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 Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... : • Periodic Breathing ... #Event #ALTE #BRUE ... #Peds #Pediatrics
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 ... high-pitched and noisy breathing
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 #