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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Algorithm No Fever ... Fever, Tachypnea ... - Normal CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... cough and some fever ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... intracellular, Aerobic - Cocci ... Inflammation: high fever ... Peripheral smear - Cocci
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Red Flags: • Fever ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... A CXR is done. ... abscess #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
follows: Gram(+) cocci ... rods, Gram(–) cocci ... Gram(+) cocci are ... Fewer positive cultures ... shaped GPR, these clues
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #HilarEnlargement
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... uncharacterized fevers ... diagnosed with CXR ... Classification #Fever
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
include the list of causes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram