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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Body Decreased Air ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Embolism #Dyspnea ... #SOB #ShortnessOfBreath
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Embolism* • Pulmonary ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
cases - Dynamic air ... Embolism (PE): ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
(assumes Room Air ... Atelectasis, ARDS, Pneumonia ... Embolism, Obstructive ... #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... multiple B-lines, sub-pleural ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary