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Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Endobronchitis • Structural ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis
The percentage of syncopal events secondary to arrhythmias or structural disease is generally
arrhythmias or structural ... • Inherited Structural ... stenosis • HOCM • Pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... #Palpitations #Causes
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Ballooning of cystic structures ... WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... Cadmium, Lead • Structural ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
are calcified structures ... into the aorta or pulmonary ... Broncholithiasis - Infectious Causes ... Noninfectious Causes ... : • Pulmonary
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Most posterior structure ... blood from the pulmonary ... just below the pulmonary ... Enlargement will cause ... Most anterior structure
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Preexisting structural ... dysfunction • Pulmonary ... other high-output causes ... dissection • Other causes ... Rule out other causes
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
and Esophageal Causes ... Muscular dystrophy • Structural ... cervical ring/web/stricture ... Functional dysphagia • Structural ... Plummer-Vinson Web, Strictures
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
twitching CARDIAC CAUSES ... • Bradycardia caused ... NON-CARDIAC CAUSES ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... premature SCD • Structural