OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors in children with recurrent croup that predict moderate/severe findings on direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy and need for further operative interventions. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review cohort. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Retrospective chart review of 103 patients diagnosed with recurrent croup who underwen...

Viral croup is one of the most common causes upper respiratory tract obstruction in children under 6 years age. Frequent acute infections (ARIs) and a burdened history allergies might be triggers for recurrent episodes viral croup. Purpose — to study vitamin D status infants with efficacy cholecalciferol supplements prevention. Materials methods. Hospital(based survey included 128 aged 4–36 mon...

period forms a curved line above or below the mean. It is obvious that by this method any deviation from a straight line represents variation in the age-incidence of mortality. The first diagram (Fig. 1) which I will ask you to look at is based upon the deaths in London from diphtheria and croup, from the period 1859 to 1905. The first period, represented by a curved line, relates to the years ...

Human bocavirus was detected by PCR in 65 (5.1%) of 1,265 respiratory specimens collected in 2002 and 2003 from the Stollery Children's Hospital from children <17 years of age. The spectrum of illness included upper respiratory infection, croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia with a prominence of cough and fever.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of oral dexamethasone or nebulized dexamethasone sodium phosphate in children with mild croup. METHODS Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 264 children between 6 months and 6 years of age with symptoms of croup for fewer than 48 hours. Patients were excluded if they received racemic epinephrine or corticosteroid treatment. Other exclusion criteria includ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the expected duration of symptoms of common respiratory tract infections in children in primary and emergency care. DESIGN Systematic review of existing literature to determine durations of symptoms of earache, sore throat, cough (including acute cough, bronchiolitis, and croup), and common cold in children. DATA SOURCES PubMed, DARE, and CINAHL (all to July 2012). ...