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

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
High-pitched, variable respiratory ... • Subglottic stenosis ... tracheitis • Tracheal stenosis ... • Subglottic stenosis ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Infancy with No Respiratory ... Since Infancy with Respiratory ... • Subglottic Stenosis ... • Subglottic Stenosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Valves • Pulmonary ... Stenosis ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... • Acute Respiratory ... • Primary Pulmonary
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
, defecation) Respiratory ... : • Pulmonary ... Mitral/Aortic Stenosis ... • Mitral Stenosis
Causes of Syncope

NEUROLOGICAL
 - CVA/Stroke
 - Cancer
 - Carotid Stenosis
 - Parkinson’s Disease
 - Psychosis
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Cancer - Carotid Stenosis ... CARDIAC - Aortic Stenosis ... Pericardial Tamponade RESPIRATORY ... - Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary stenosis - severity - Grading of pulmonary stenosis

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Pulmonic #Pulmonary #Stenosis #Severity #Grading #Classification
Pulmonary stenosis ... severity - Grading of pulmonary ... stenosis #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Pulmonic #Pulmonary ... #Stenosis #Severity
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
expiration Inspiratory ... Foreign body • Stenosis ... Foreign body • Stenosis ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
Pulmonary Function ... and expiratory ... “scooped out” expiratory ... “scooped out” expiratory ... FlowVolume #Loops #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
wheezing Is typically inspiratory ... pathology, Laryngeal stenosis ... airway: Tracheal stenosis ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Causes of Diastolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Early Diastolic:
 • Aortic Regurgitation
 • Pulmonary Regurgitation (Graham-Steell
Regurgitation • Pulmonary ... Mid-Diastolic: • Mitral Stenosis ... • Tricuspid Stenosis ... Diastolic: • Mitral Stenosis ... • Tricuspid Stenosis