Historical Review of Croup
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Croup.
INTRODUCTION Croup is characterised by the abrupt onset, most commonly at night, of a barking cough, inspiratory stridor, hoarseness, and respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction. It leads to signs of upper airway obstruction, and must be differentiated from acute epiglottitis, bacterial tracheitis, or an inhaled foreign body. Croup affects about 3% of children per year, usually bet...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1180-2332
DOI: 10.1155/2001/919830