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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Stridor ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... - Diagnosis: ... Treatment: • ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... • Cough • Dyspnea ... (LR + 2.7) • Hypoxia ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Community
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... • Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
excretion (e.g., urine ... -> focus on improving ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... Can also be seen ... #management #treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... ) • Can rarely ... Dyspnea 3. ... Exclude other causes ... macrophages Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
status and low urine ... with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
TB IRIS which can ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... , and pulmonary
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Treat underlying cause ... Facial swelling, dyspnea ... : fever, rash, hypoxia ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis