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

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... #differential #diagnosis ... pulmonary #airway #physicalexam
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
plugging, secretions Stridor ... Findings #Pulmonary #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #signs
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... of Wheezing and Stridor ... Stridor: Louder ... Inspiratory Stridor ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Foreign Body #Stridor ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Added Air Sounds and sources 
#auscultation #addedAirSounds #crackles #wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... respiratory distress, stridor ... No stridor or recession ... barking cough with stridor ... PeterboroughEM #Croup #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
- Differential Diagnosis ... Upper Airway (Stridor ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Airway Sounds: Stridor ... - Cyanosis #Diagnosis
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Stridor ... #Differential #Diagnosis