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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... or congenital airway ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Omega Epiglottis - Airway Intubation on Video Laryngoscopy 

Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS

#Omega #Epiglottis #Airway #Intubation #clinical
Omega Epiglottis ... - Airway Intubation ... on Video Laryngoscopy ... #Airway #Intubation ... #clinical #laryngoscopy
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
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... : • Epiglottitis ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric and Adult Airways ... Pediatric airway ... vocal cords) • Epiglottis ... Pediatric #Adult #Airway ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... • Difficult laryngoscopy ... Difficult surgical airway ... Video-assisted laryngoscopy ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Management Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... Movement - Lower airway ... pneumonia • Water: pulmonary
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... Retropharyngeal Abscess* • Epiglottitis ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary