ArticlePaediatrics & child health2017
Acute management of croup in the emergency department.
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- Defining atypical croup: A case report and review of the literature.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2019Pooled it
- Initial nebulized budesonide versus a local off-label nebulized dexamethasone protocol in children with institution-defined grade III croup receiving epinephrine: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- The Use of Point-of-Care Tests and Multiplex PCR Tests in the Pediatric Emergency Department Reduces Antibiotic Prescription in Patients with Febrile Acute Respiratory Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Croup review: comparative analysis of acute and recurrent croup.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2024Article
- Case Report: A 29-Year-Old Pregnant Woman at 24 Weeks of Gestation Presenting with Laryngotracheitis and COVID-19 Due to the R.1 Variant of SARS-CoV-2.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
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- SARS-CoV-2 and croup, not a rare coincidence.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Pediatric croup with COVID-19.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Clinical Use and Molecular Action of Corticosteroids in the Pediatric Age.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- COVID Croup: Pediatric Croup Due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection (SARS-CoV-2; Covid-19).Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialeObservational
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Abstract
Croup is one of the most common causes of upper airway obstruction in young children. It is characterized by sudden onset of barky cough, hoarse voice, inspiratory stridor and respiratory distress caused by upper airway inflammation secondary to a viral infection. Published guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of croup advise using steroids as the mainstay treatment for all children who present to emergency department (ED) with croup symptoms. Dexamethasone, given orally as a single dose at 0.6 mg/kg, is highly efficacious in treating croup symptoms. Despite the evidence supporting the use of steroids as the cornerstone of croup treatment, there is significant practice variation among physicians treating croup in the ED. This practice point discusses evidence-based management of typical croup in the ED.
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