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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Tachypnea - Normal CXR ... Bronchiolitis - CXR ... pneumonia - CXR ... Shows Diffuse Changes
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... - Non-Specific CXR ... Infection - Abnormal CXR ... Asthma - Abnormal CXR ... Anomaly - Normal CXR
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Differential # ... #causes
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... called cryptogenic (COP ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Definition: Diffuse ... weeks apart): Cough ... symptomatology Differential ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... • CXR (diffuse
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... life • History: cough ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
 •
Causes of Hemoptysis ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malformation Normal CXR ... • Bronchitis Diffuse
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- BMP, cap, CBC ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
atelectasis or lobar collaps ... has a limited differential ... The most common causes ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #Comparison
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... non-productive cough ... dealing with the differential ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR