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Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... epiglottitis • Peritonsillar ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... Retropharyngeal abscess • Peritonsillar ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... Onset Febrile: • Peritonsillar ... Foreign Body #Stridor
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
of Wheezing and Stridor ... Stridor: Louder ... Inspiratory Stridor ... Epiglottitis Biphasic Stridor ... #Wheezing #Stridor
Added Air Sounds and sources 
#auscultation #addedAirSounds #crackles #wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
Equipment Checklist for Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA) Drainage: 
 • 18g spinal needle with sheath guard, with
Checklist for Peritonsillar ... the monitor #Peritonsillar
Peritonsilar Abscess: Note swelling and anatomic distortion, right tonsillar area.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of
Peritonsilar Abscess ... Clinical #Photo #Peritonsillar
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
respiratory distress, stridor ... No stridor or recession ... barking cough with stridor ... barking cough with stridor
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Upper Airway (Stridor
Peritonsilar Abscess: Abscess of left tonsilar area. Note swelling and deviation of uvula away from
side of
Peritonsilar Abscess ... Clinical #Photo #Peritonsillar