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Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Congenital Heart ... Disorders - Classification ... and Differential ... #Disorders #Diseases ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Peds
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... • Congenital Heart ... Disease • Arrhythmia ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Mouth Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Teeth:
 • Teething
Painful - Gastrointestinal:
 • Crohn's Disease
 • Ulcerative
Pediatric Mouth Disorders ... - Differential ... Infection • Canker Sore ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - Congenital heart ... hypertension due to left heart ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
Causes of Failure ... to Thrive - Differential ... • Liver Disease ... • Metabolic Disorders ... #Peds #Pediatrics
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
respiratory distress, heart ... neuromuscular disorder ... - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Assessment #Wheezing
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... Connective tissue disorder ... • Aortic valve disease ... Pulse deficit/differential ... opiates • Control heart
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease ... thorough physical assessment ... glycol - HIV/HAART ... #typea #typeb #classification
Causes of Purpura or Easy Bruising in Children

Platelet count reduced, i.e. thrombocytopenia
 - Increased platelet destruction
Causes of Purpura ... - Congenital heart ... disease ... #peds #pediatrics ... #diagnosis #differential
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Recurrent Falls Core ... response) - Heart ... - Meniere’s disease ... - Motor neuron disease ... Falls #Diagnosis #Differential