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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute Pediatric ... No Fever, No Tachypnea ... Fever, Tachypnea ... • Bacterial pneumonia ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Chlamydia trachomatis - Infection of the Newborn
 • Newborns 3-16 weeks old 
 • Afebrile (appears
several weeks) • Tachypnea ... topical) • Pneumonia ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... (mild pneumonia ... Newborn #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
• Transient Tachypnea ... (TTNB) • Pneumonia ... Sepsis* • Pneumonia ... • Transient Tachypnea ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
The infant with tachypnea ... Bronchiolitis - Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Infant #Tachypnea
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Respiratory distress (tachypnea ... • Aspiration pneumonia ... Management #Peds #Pediatrics
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... pain) and signs (tachypnea ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
, pharyngitis; pneumonia ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... cough, malaise, tachypnea ... otitis media; pneumonia ... Immunization #peds #pediatrics
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Pneumonia ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pediatrics
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
function tests - Ultrasound ... cannula for dyspnea/tachypnea ... until bacterial pneumonia ... post-flu MRSÅ pneumonia