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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... or congenital airway ... 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 ... sound over central airways ... Inspiratory Stridor ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor ... Subglottic stenosis #Stridor ... causes #pulmonary #airway
Stridor from Vocal Cord Paralysis on Physical Exam (Audio)

The video shows high-pitched noise (stridor) from vocal
Stridor from Vocal ... high-pitched noise (stridor ... dyspnea: is there an airway ... and expiratory stridor ... rob_cosentini #Stridor
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... obstructing the airway ... sure that the airway ... 2-3 Increased airway ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
respiratory distress, stridor ... increasing upper airway ... No stridor or recession ... barking cough with stridor ... barking cough with stridor
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... through narrowed airways ... plugging, secretions Stridor ... extra-thoracic airway
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Management Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway