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Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Upper Airway (Stridor ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Type IV Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Unique because it is entirely T-Cell mediated; exposure to
mediated; exposure to allergen ... causes development ... of allergen-specific ... Allergic reaction ... Initial exposure to allergen
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Foreign body Allergic ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor ... differential #diagnosis #causes
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... of Wheezing and Stridor ... Stridor: Louder ... Inspiratory Stridor ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Pediatric Anaphylaxis Algorithm 

#Anaphylaxis #Algorithm #Pediatrics #Peds #Allergy
Pediatric Anaphylaxis Algorithm ... #Anaphylaxis #Algorithm ... Pediatrics #Peds #Allergy
Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Angioedema: • Acute allergic ... exposure • Non-allergic ... cell-mediated in > 90% of cases ... or avoiding the allergen ... Treatment #management #allergy
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stridor: • Croup ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
oropharyngeal edema, stridor ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... diagnosis #criteria #allergy
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
stridor -> Sore ... severe swelling causes ... stridor • Tetanus ... within GI and URT causes ... Maternal viremia causes