Acute and Subacute laryngotracheitis

Everyday Practice ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEITIS

Acute Laryngotracheitis can be defined as subacute viral illness characterized by low grade fever, barking cough, inspiratory stridor and expiratory rhonchi. It is also known as infectious croup. Croup is an old Scottish word for sore throat with harsh breathing. It is seen in children between 3 month to 3 years of age (mean age 18 months)(l). Boys are more frequently affected. It occures more ...

Acute laryngotracheitis after accidental aspiration of clindamycin.

Acute and subacute weakness.

Respiratory failure is a common complication of acute neuromuscular disease and high cervical cord lesions and should be monitored by measuring forced vital capacity and respiratory rate. Urgent imaging is mandatory if there is any clinical suspicion of spinal cord disease. Treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome with plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) speeds up the rate of recov...

Pharmacotherapy of acute stenosing laryngotracheitis . Which drugs are evidence - based ?

Acute stenosing laryngotracheitis is the most common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction in children aged from 6 months to 6 years old and is a rapidly developing syndrome, which includes barking cough, hoarseness and stridor. The disease can be associated with development of respiratory failure and asphyxia, so its rational pharmacotherapy should be well known to pediatricians and eme...

Acute and Subacute Toxicity of Safranal, a Constituent of Saffron, in Mice and Rats

The acute and sub-acute toxicity of safranal were studied in rat and mice within 2 and 21 days after exposure, respectively. For subacute toxicity, changes in weight as well as biochemical, hematological and pathological parameters were studied. The intraperitoneal LD50 values of safranal were 1.48 mL/kg in male mice, 1.88 mL/kg in female mice and 1.50 mL/kg in male rats. Oral LD50 values were ...