Croup

Overview

Journal Lancet

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2008 Feb 26

PMID 18295000

Citations 38

Authors

Candice L Bjornson

David W Johnson

Affiliations

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Abstract

Most children who present with acute onset of barky cough, stridor, and chest-wall indrawing have croup. A careful history and physical examination is the best method to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out potentially serious alternative disorders such as bacterial tracheitis and other rare causes of upper-airway obstruction. Epinephrine delivered via a nebuliser is effective for temporary relief of symptoms of airway obstruction. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment, and benefit is seen in children with all levels of severity of croup, including mild cases.

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