2014 results
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
respiratory distress, stridor ... Symptoms are usually ... Symptoms usually ... Symptoms of impending ... Treatment: Single
Treatment Protocol for Iron Infusion Reactions
Mild reactions
 • Symptoms: back/joint pain, flushing, hypertension, itching,sensation of heat,
Treatment Protocol ... tachycardia • Treatment ... edema, wheezing/stridor ... • Treatment: ... Infusion #Reactions #Treatment
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... 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 ... Inspiratory Stridor ... Epiglottitis Biphasic Stridor ... #Wheezing #Stridor
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
Added Air Sounds and sources 
#auscultation #addedAirSounds #crackles #wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
Symptom-Based Treatments for Allergic Rhinitis

#Management #Allergy #Allergic #Rhinitis #Medications #Symptoms
Symptom-Based Treatments ... #Medications #Symptoms
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
In general, symptoms ... The main symptom ... breathing called stridor ... patients have mild symptoms ... with more intense symptoms
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... Foreign Body #Stridor
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Spectrum of Response
Non-response:
 • Histology: Persistent eosinophilia, ≥ 15 eos/hpf
 • Symptoms:
15 eos/hpf • Symptoms ... : Persistent symptoms ... decrease in a symptom ... : Decreased symptoms ... : Symptom resolution