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Sign in to saveAlso known as laryngotracheobronchitis, acute laryngotracheobronchitis, acute obstructive laryngitis, croup syndrome
Croup ( ), also known as croupy cough, is a type of respiratory infection that is usually caused by a virus. The infection leads to swelling inside the trachea, which interferes with normal breathing and produces the classic symptoms of "barking/brassy" cough, inspiratory stridor, and a hoarse voice. Fever and runny nose may also be present. These symptoms may be mild, moderate, or severe. It often starts or is worse at night and normally lasts one to two days.
Croup is a viral respiratory infection that causes swelling in the windpipe, leading to a distinctive barking cough, noisy breathing, and hoarse voice, sometimes accompanied by fever and a runny nose. While symptoms can range from mild to severe and often worsen at night, the condition typically resolves within one to two days.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Croup
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Croupy cough, subglottic laryngitis, obstructive laryngitis, laryngotracheobronchitis
- Medical condition.image
- Croup steeple sign.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- The steeple sign as seen on an AP neck X-ray of a child with croup
- Medical condition.field
- Pediatrics
- Medical condition.symptoms
- "Barky" cough, stridor, fever, stuffy nose
- Medical condition.duration
- Usually 1–2 days but can last up to 7 days
- Medical condition.causes
- Mostly viral
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms
- Medical condition.differential
- Epiglottitis, airway foreign body, bacterial tracheitis
- Medical condition.prevention
- Influenza and diphtheria vaccination
- Medical condition.medication
- Corticosteroids, epinephrine
- Medical condition.frequency
- 15% of children at some point
- Medical condition.deaths
- Rare
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Research
2,428 papers- Recurrent Croup.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2022Quraishi H, Lee DJDOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.12.004
- Croup: Diagnosis and Management.American family physician · 2018Smith DK, McDermott AJ, Sullivan JF
- Viral croup: diagnosis and a treatment algorithm.ReviewPediatric pulmonology · 2014Petrocheilou A, Tanou K, Kalampouka E et al.DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22993
- Croup and Epiglottitis.ReviewPediatrics in review · 2025Shlomovich M, Hyatt S, Cassel-Choudhury GNDOI: 10.1542/pir.2024-006420
- Croup.BMJ clinical evidence · 2014Johnson DW
- Croup.ReviewPediatric pulmonology · 1997Geelhoed GCDOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199705)23:5<370::aid-ppul9>3.0.co;2-o
- Croup.ReviewPaediatric nursing · 2002Chandler TDOI: 10.7748/paed.14.7.41.s23
- Croup.ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2008Worrall G
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Wikidata facts
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- disease
- Image
- Croup steeple sign.jpg
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- possible treatment
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- Croup
- symptoms and signs
- stridor
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26735
- health specialty
- pediatrics
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9395
- ICD-9-CM
- 464.4
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- WikiProject Medicine
- P8168
- Pieter Meulener
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