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Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Is typically inspiratory ... , Mucus plugs, Mediastinal ... 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 ... • Teratoma • Mediastinal ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Pulmonary
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
- with viral infections ... infection - ... disorder - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Compression: Malignancy, Mediastinal ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... edema • Infectious ... Consolidation (Infection ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Anterior ... benign growth with respiratory ... These include infections ... lymph nodes) • Wheezing
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... Extrinsic Compression: Mediastinal ... Asthma/COPD, Viral infections ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... and/or chills • Wheezing ... Most Common Causes ... , and inspiratory ... #differential #
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... adjacent calcified mediastinal ... Calcification of mediastinal ... Chest pain • Wheezing ... Noninfectious Causes
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... Contaminated food • Respiratory ... endemic fungi cause ... pain, hemoptysis, wheezing ... #differential #