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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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
سال: 1853
ISSN: 0002-9629
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-185310000-00062