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==History and Symptoms==
==History==
Croup is characterized by a harsh 'barking' cough, inspiratory [[stridor]] (a high-pitched sound heard on inhalation), nausea/[[vomiting]], and [[fever]].  Hoarseness is usually present.  More severe cases will have [[respiratory distress]].
*Family history of croup in the patient can help determine and differentiate a croup diagnosis.<ref name="pmid3266553">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cohen B, Dunt D |title=Recurrent and non-recurrent croup: an epidemiological study |journal=Aust Paediatr J |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=339–42 |year=1988 |pmid=3266553 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


The 'barking' cough (often described as a "seal like bark")<ref>
==Symptoms==<ref name="Cherry2008">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
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*Barking [[cough]]
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*[[Stridor]] (high-pitched inspiratory breathing)
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*[[Hoarseness]]
|title=Croup - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital}}</ref> of croup is diagnostic.  [[Stridor]] will be provoked or worsened by agitation or crying.  If [[stridor]] is also heard when the child is calm, critical narrowing of the airway may be imminent.
*[[Difficulty breathing]]
 
*Symptoms of the [[common cold]]
In diagnosing croup, it is important for the [[physician]] to consider and exclude other causes of shortness of breath and [[stridor]], such as [[foreign body]] aspiration and [[epiglottitis]].
**Runny nose
 
**[[Fever]]
On a [[frontal]] [[X-ray]] of the [[C-spine]], the [[steeple sign]] suggests the diagnosis of croup.


==References==
==References==
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History

  • Family history of croup in the patient can help determine and differentiate a croup diagnosis.[1]

==Symptoms==[2]

References

  1. Cohen B, Dunt D (1988). "Recurrent and non-recurrent croup: an epidemiological study". Aust Paediatr J. 24 (6): 339–42. PMID 3266553.
  2. Cherry, James D. (2008). "Croup". New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (4): 384–391. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. ISSN 0028-4793.

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