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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
No Fever, No Tachypnea ... Fever, Tachypnea ... - Normal CXR ... • Bacterial pneumonia ... Atypical or viral pneumonia
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Newborn - Normal CXR ... Narcosis - Abnormal CXR ... • Transient Tachypnea ... (TTNB) • Pneumonia ... Sepsis* • Pneumonia
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
consolidation due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Lingula ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Chlamydia trachomatis - Infection of the Newborn
 • Newborns 3-16 weeks old 
 • Afebrile (appears
several weeks) • Tachypnea ... topical) • Pneumonia ... cervicitis, newbom pneumonia ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... (mild pneumonia
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... lobar or segmental pneumonia ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
diagnosis is lobar pneumonia ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... Definitions • Tachypnea ... Pulmonary Causes of Tachypnea ... Asthma • COPD • Pneumonia ... Cardiac Causes of Tachypnea
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
streptococcus pneumoniae ... are organizing pneumonia ... is organizing pneumonia ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... pain) and signs (tachypnea ... #Pneumonia #Venn