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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

Symptoms of croup include: barking cough, stridor, hoarseness, difficulty breathing, and common cold symptoms. Family history of history of croup in the patient can help determine and differentiate a croup diagnosis.

History

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

Symptoms

Barking cough^[2]
Stridor (high-pitched inspiratory breathing)
Hoarseness
Difficulty breathing
Symptoms of the common cold
- Runny nose
- Fever

References

↑ Cohen B, Dunt D (1988). "Recurrent and non-recurrent croup: an epidemiological study". Aust Paediatr J. 24 (6): 339–42. PMID 3266553.
↑ 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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[pmid3266553-1] Cohen B, Dunt D (1988). "Recurrent and non-recurrent croup: an epidemiological study". Aust Paediatr J. 24 (6): 339–42. PMID 3266553.

[Cherry2008-2] 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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-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>
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+*Barking [[cough]]<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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-|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]]
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-On a [[frontal]] [[X-ray]] of the [[C-spine]], the [[steeple sign]] suggests the diagnosis of croup.
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