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==Differentiating Croup from Other Diseases==
==Differentiating Croup from Other Diseases==
Croup must be differentiated from other [[Respiratory disease|upper respiratory diseases]] that cause airway obstruction around the [[larynx]]:<ref name="pmid19135584">{{cite journal |vauthors=Everard ML |title=Acute bronchiolitis and croup |journal=Pediatr. Clin. North Am. |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=119–33, x–xi |year=2009 |pmid=19135584 |doi=10.1016/j.pcl.2008.10.007 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18216359">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cherry JD |title=Clinical practice. Croup |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=358 |issue=4 |pages=384–91 |year=2008 |pmid=18216359 |doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022 |url=}}</ref>
Croup must be differentiated from other [[Respiratory disease|upper respiratory diseases]] and conditions that cause airway obstruction around the [[larynx]]:<ref name="pmid19135584">{{cite journal |vauthors=Everard ML |title=Acute bronchiolitis and croup |journal=Pediatr. Clin. North Am. |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=119–33, x–xi |year=2009 |pmid=19135584 |doi=10.1016/j.pcl.2008.10.007 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18216359">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cherry JD |title=Clinical practice. Croup |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=358 |issue=4 |pages=384–91 |year=2008 |pmid=18216359 |doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022 |url=}}</ref>
*[[epiglottitis]]
*[[epiglottitis]]
*[[foreign body]] obstruction
*[[subglottic stenosis]]
*[[subglottic stenosis]]
*[[angioneurotic edema]]
*[[angioneurotic edema]]

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Croup must be differentiated from other upper respiratory diseases and conditions that cause airway obstruction around the larynx:[1][2]

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  1. Everard ML (2009). "Acute bronchiolitis and croup". Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 56 (1): 119–33, x–xi. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2008.10.007. PMID 19135584.
  2. Cherry JD (2008). "Clinical practice. Croup". N. Engl. J. Med. 358 (4): 384–91. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. PMID 18216359.