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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... or congenital airway ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy ... 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
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... sound over central airways ... Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... #differential #diagnosis
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Diagnosis Framework ... abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... : • Epiglottitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... causes #pulmonary #airway
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Assessment of Work ... Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor ... - Cyanosis #Diagnosis ... #EM #Peds #Rapid
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... #differential #Diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease - Workup and Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #Pediatrics #Kawasaki #Disease #Algorithm #CRASH #BURN
Kawasaki Disease - Workup ... and Diagnostic ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Stridor ... Tracheitis • Epiglottitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... and Management Pearls ... increasing upper airway ... #Management #pediatrics ... #peds