ARE "MEMBRANOUS CROUP" AND DIPHTHERIA IDENTICAL? YES.

Croup and Diphtheria

[Concluded from page 255.] The following will be read with interest in connection with the subject discussed in last number. From it it will be seen that some of the views entertained and expressed in 1879, were precisely those held and expressed by a physician, who took no part in this recent debate, some seventeen years back. Dr. Hillier (then AssistantPhysician to the hospital for sick child...

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

are biosimilars identical to the reference products?

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Croup.

INTRODUCTION Croup is characterised by the abrupt onset, most commonly at night, of a barking cough, inspiratory stridor, hoarseness, and respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction. It leads to signs of upper airway obstruction, and must be differentiated from acute epiglottitis, bacterial tracheitis, or an inhaled foreign body. Croup affects about 3% of children per year, usually bet...