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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Laryngomalacia or congenital ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Stridor ... #Differential #
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Disease • Spinal Cord ... Lesions • Myotonia Congenita ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome • Muscular ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Mechanical: • Larynx fracture ... angioedema Congenital ... Hemangiomas • Vocal cord ... #differential #
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Wheezing - Differential ... Sequestration • Congenital ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... Syndromes - Spinal Cord ... • Spinal Muscular ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
swelling causes stridor ... swelling causes stridor ... organ ischemia -> Congenital ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Causes of Purpura or Easy Bruising in Children

Platelet count reduced, i.e. thrombocytopenia
 - Increased platelet destruction
production - Congenital ... cardiopulmonary bypass Vascular ... Bruising #Causes #peds ... #pediatrics #diagnosis ... #differential #