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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... • Spinal Cord ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Nervous System - Decreased ... Disease • ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... Foreign Body Decreased ... Pneumothorax Normal ... Body • Heart Disease ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... CXR Abnormal: ... Endobronchial Disease ... #Causes #Peds #
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Pediatric Constipation ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... • Spinal Cord ... #Causes #Peds
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Contraction - Signs ... neuropathy or spinal cord ... disease, cauda ... #Mnemonic #Geriatrics
Causes of Growth Restriction - Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal
 • Chronic Maternal
Causes of Growth ... • Autoimmune Disease ... Placenta Previa • Abnormal ... Cord Insertion ... #Pediatrics
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
• Neurogenic Cold ... Left-sided Valvular Disease ... Obstructive Shock - Normal ... /Decreased Breath ... #causes
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Passive neck flexion causes ... spinal cord movement ... despite severe disease ... #PhysicalExam #Pediatrics ... #Peds
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Cauda equina- decreased ... Causes: 1. ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... differential #algorithm