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An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... Inflammatory: Anaphylaxis ... , Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Asthma, COPD, Anaphylaxis
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... Foreign body Allergic ... : • Epiglottitis ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
syndrome Lungs and airway ... oropharyngeal edema, stridor ... dyspnea, cough/wheezing ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... diagnosis #criteria #allergy
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
supraglottic larynx) that causes ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... Sometimes the epiglottic ... clinical #video #otolaryngology
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
inspiratory): Anaphylaxis ... Intrathoracic, upper airway ... Intrathoracic, lower airway ... Churg-Strauss syndrome, Allergic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Manifestations of Anaphylaxis by Body System

Dermatologic/mucosal

 - Eyes: periorbital swelling/erythema, injected conjunctiva, tears

 - Oral mucosa:
Manifestations of Anaphylaxis ... bronchospasm with wheezing ... arrest - Upper airway ... changes in voice; stridor ... play #Diagnosis #Allergy
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 ... Sometimes the epiglottic ... clinical #video #otolaryngology
Compressed Airway in Tracheomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Compressed airway - asphyxiation. One of the cause is from external
Compressed Airway ... Compressed airway ... One of the cause ... of breath and stridor ... clinical #video #otolaryngology