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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Tachypnea - Normal Chest ... • Bacterial pneumonia ... Atypical or viral pneumonia ... #Acute #Cough
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... an ill-defined area ... In the proper clinical ... This was an acute ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
An acute reticular ... The other cause ... cough and some fever ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... considered, like acute ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... #Radiology #CXR
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet ... detected on CT or CXR ... such as trauma ... oxygenation in pneumonia
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Diagnosis Pulmonary/Chest ... Trauma, COPD exacerbation ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level ... infiltrate by chest ... Yield of blood CX
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
secondarily to chest ... towards cardiac causes ... #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical ... #trauma #ultrasound
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... and progressive Acute ... dyspnea, cough, chest