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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea ... Crackles: • Pneumonia ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Pediatric Cough ... Asthma* • Bronchiolitis ... • Bacterial pneumonia ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
prodrome • Fever ... • Aspiration pneumonia ... Respiratory failure Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
, pharyngitis; pneumonia ... otitis media; pneumonia ... asymptomatic, if ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... 6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... of Pneumonia on ... healthy pt with fever ... travel hx, home meds ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
heart to improve pulmonary ... Anxiolysis to improve work ... it most, even if ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics #CHD
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... • Most common cause ... decubitus - air fluid level ... pneumonectomy if ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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resulting from broncholiths ... • Broncholiths ... • Wheezing • Fever ... • Recurrent pneumonia ... Noninfectious Causes
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone half life ... Fever 4. ... Exclude other causes ... - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management