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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential ... • Asthma • Bronchiolitis ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... ShortnessOfBreath #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
heart disease: Patterns ... if cardiac or pulmonary ... #presentation #Differential ... Blue #Gray #Baby #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Color
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT Patterns ... - Differential ... Pneumonitis, Respiratory Bronchiolitis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
in ground glass pattern ... predominance: Respiratory bronchiolitis ... pneumonitis, Respiratory bronchiolitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #GroundGlass #Differential
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... Respiratory bronchiolitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... NodularPattern #Differential
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
the effects of bronchiolitis ... heart to improve pulmonary ... patient’s oxygen saturation ... #Management #Peds ... CongenitalHeartDisease #Bronchiolitis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... name is BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... chest radiograph pattern ... and his oxygen saturation ... Pulmonary Contusion