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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Schema Infectious ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... #Diagnosis #Schema ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Chronic Pediatric Cough ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... and Diagnosis Asthma ... frequent • Symptoms: Cough ... spirometry - FEV1/FVC ... years • Symptoms: Cough
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Lung Abscess - Asthma ... Gases #Chronic #Cough ... Differential #Causes #Table
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Acute Pediatric Cough ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Crackles • Asthma ... pneumonia #Acute #Cough ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
smoking; Fever, cough ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... /allergies; Cough ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease (FEV1/FVC ... < LLN): • Asthma ... Lower Airway: • Asthma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Severe Asthma Algorithm - Management of Life-Threatening Asthma in the Emergency Department
Step One
1. Nebulized Albuterol
2. Nebulized
Severe Asthma Algorithm ... Life-Threatening Asthma ... rhythm or cardiac ischemia ... CriticalCare #Severe #Asthma ... #Exacerbation #Algorithm
Lab patterns seen in Inborn Errors of Metabolism

A table of lab values compiled from UpToDate and
Metabolism A table ... See IEM schema for ... metabolicemergency-pathophysiology-differential-pediatrics-metabolism-algorithm-diagnosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Table
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
A schema of the ... the lab values table ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Peds #Pediatrics #Table