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Added Air Sounds and sources 
#auscultation #addedAirSounds #crackles #wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
#auscultation #addedAirSounds ... wheeze #Rhonchi #stridor
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
of Wheezing and Stridor ... Stridor: Louder ... Inspiratory Stridor ... Epiglottitis Biphasic Stridor ... #Wheezing #Stridor
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor ... Subglottic stenosis #Stridor
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric Stridor ... Foreign Body #Stridor
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
respiratory distress, stridor ... No stridor or recession ... barking cough with stridor ... barking cough with stridor
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Upper Airway (Stridor
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
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Airway Sounds: Stridor
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
oropharyngeal edema, stridor
When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
may present with stridor