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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... or congenital airway ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Stridor
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... Allergic/Immune: • Anaphylaxis ... : • Epiglottitis ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
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
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration ... * • Anaphylaxis
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 ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Management Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... pathology: • Anaphylaxis ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... Movement - Lower airway
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
manifestations of anaphylaxis ... syndrome Lungs and airway ... oropharyngeal edema, stridor ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... incontinence #anaphylaxis
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm Stridor ... Tracheitis • Epiglottitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Consider potential causes ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... Bronchospasm → 3-4 o Anaphylaxis