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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... foreign body - Laryngomalacia ... or congenital airway ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
Laryngoscopy Laryngomalacia ... supraglottic larynx) that causes ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... Sometimes the epiglottic
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... /Acquired: • Laryngomalacia ... : • Epiglottitis ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Supraglottoplasty for Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that
supraglottic larynx) that causes ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... sound over central airways ... Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... #pulmonary
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration ... #Causes
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... Stridor - Upper ... airway pathology ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... Movement - Lower airway
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stridor: • Croup ... Tracheitis • Epiglottitis ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Causes #Peds #
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... plugging, secretions Stridor ... extra-thoracic airway ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary