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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Overview

Primary measures of preventing croup involve maintaining personal hygiene, such as washing hands frequently, and limiting exposure to patients with croup or other respiratory illness. Prevention for rarer causes of croup include vaccinations for haemophilus influenzae (Hib), measles, and diptheria.

Primary Prevention

Secondary Prevention

  • Secondary prevention for croup involves hygienic measures to prevent spreading to additional people, such as limiting proximal contact and washing hands frequently.
  • Croup morbidity is decreased by therapeutic treatment of symptoms to prevent respiratory failure.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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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