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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... or congenital airway ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Stridor
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
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
Do you manage Kids’ airway?

Paediatric Airway Chart for the FOAMed Airway crew who deals with kids’
you manage Kids’ airway ... Paediatric Airway ... for the FOAMed Airway ... deals with kids’ airways ... #Management #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 ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Breathing - Airway ... Sounds: Stridor ... Diagnosis #EM #Peds
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... surgery related cause ... Consider potential causes ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Laryngospasm and stridor
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
inspiration • Caused ... collapsed distal airways ... through narrowed airways ... plugging, secretions Stridor ... extra-thoracic airway
PocketPEM - Airway - SOAPME #Management #Peds #EM #PICU #Airway #PocketCard #SOAPME #PocketCard #PocketPEM
PocketPEM - Airway ... SOAPME #Management #Peds ... #EM #PICU #Airway