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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Assessment and Differential ... or congenital airway ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Differential #
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Foreign body Allergic ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... #differential # ... causes #pulmonary #airway
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 ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... for Crises in Anaesthesia ... obstructing the airway ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... for crises in anaesthesia ... #Pressure #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor ... Diagnosis #EM #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... - Differential ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
With Difficult Airways ... Impingement on airway ... #Children #peds ... pediatrics #anatomy #anesthesia ... #differential #
Manifestations of Anaphylaxis by Body System

Dermatologic/mucosal

 - Eyes: periorbital swelling/erythema, injected conjunctiva, tears

 - Oral mucosa:
Respiratory - Lower airway ... arrest - Upper airway ... changes in voice; stridor ... metallic taste, paresthesia ... play #Diagnosis #Allergy