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Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Asthma* Positive Sweat ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
production • Night sweats ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
dysfunction • Night sweats ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
rigors, night sweats ... procalcitonin) - Pulmonary ... Diagram #Diagnosis #Pulmonolary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... Acid fast) • Pulmonary ... M, A, G, E) • Sweat ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... : Fever, night sweats ... infiltrates NTM Pulmonary ... dry) • Night sweats
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Anorexia) • Night sweats ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Anorexia) • Night sweats ... destruction (including pulmonary ... malignancy, and chronic pulmonary
All About Horner's Syndrome

Horner's syndrome, known as 
"oculosympathetic paresis" by people 
who don't have friends, is
they didn't sweat ... as "The Half Sweats ... accepted into Half Sweat
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
progressing GN • New pulmonary ... loss • Night sweats ... MPO > PR3) • Pulmonary ... Granulomas, IgE, pulmonary ... tracheal collapse, pulmonary