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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 ... abnormality: #Diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Present ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

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

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Diagnosis Framework ... abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... : • Epiglottitis ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... the Diagnosis of ... sound over central airways ... Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Supraglottoplasty for Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that
on Laryngoscopy ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiovascular ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... (Stridor) • Aspiration ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... Stridor - Upper ... airway pathology ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... #differential #Diagnosis
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Stridor ... Tracheitis • Epiglottitis ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Causes
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 ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam #diagnosis