Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, febrile and multisystem vasculitis of early childhood with a striking predilection for the coronary arteries. In developed countries, the incidence of KD has replaced acute rheumatic fever as the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children. The etiologic agent of KD remains unknown, although clinical and epidemiologic features strongly indicate an infe...

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 ...

An 18 month-old boy underwent endoscopic foreign body removal under anesthesia on an outpatient basis and the operation took approximately 5 minutes. Stridor developed in both lung fields 6 hours after emergence from anesthesia, and severe croup developed, with cyanosis of the lips and aggravated stridor 20 hours after the end of the procedure. The croup resolved with oxygen therapy, intravenou...