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Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
With Difficult Airways ... Impingement on airway ... #Difficult #Airways ... #Children #peds ... #anesthesia #differential
Here’s a bronchoscopy of a healthy airway...

Taher Valika MD @chicagoairwaydoc

#Bronchoscopy #Anatomy #clinical #video #pulmonary #Airway
bronchoscopy of a healthy airway ... #Bronchoscopy #Anatomy ... clinical #video #pulmonary ... #Airway
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
Assessment and Differential ... or congenital airway ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Pediatrics #Stridor #Differential
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Process - Anatomic ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... Cardiovascular: Pulmonary ... Arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary ... - Airway: Bronchitis ... #Hemoptysis #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Intrathoracic, upper airway ... Intrathoracic, lower airway ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Wheezing #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronckos meaning airway ... cartilage containing airways ... → perpetuating airway ... tissue diseases • Airway ... • Clearing the airway
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... abscess - pulmonary ... airway malformation ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential