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Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Pediatric Stridor - Differential ... Tracheitis* • Croup ... Barking Cough: • Croup ... • Atypical Croup ... Body #Stridor #Differential
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
Assessment and Differential ... - Croup - Epiglottitis ... Pediatrics #Stridor #Differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Peritonsillar abscess • Croup ... Epiglottitis • Croup ... stenosis #Stridor #differential
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential ... Stridor: • Croup ... ShortnessOfBreath #Differential
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
Parainfluenza (2%) - croup ... Pharyngitis: • Group ... strep (5-15%) • Group ... Pharyngitis #Causes #differential
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Bacterial • Group ... scarlet fever • Group ... C and group G streptococcus ... Parainfluenza - Cold, croup ... IDSA #diagnosis #differential
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antidysrhythmics: - Group ... IA and IC - Group ... Propranolol) - Group ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Differential
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential ... viruses (25-45%) • Group ... Other bacteria: Group ... #Pharyngitis #Differential
Classification of Croup Severity 
Mild, Moderate, Severe 

#Croup #Severity #Classification #Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Classification of Croup ... Moderate, Severe #Croup
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
catarrhalis Group ... #microbiology #differential