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  • Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
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    Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis) …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Croup …   >   Health Professionals   >   Clinical Practice Guidelines   >   Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis …
  • Acute upper airway obstruction
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    airway management Resuscitation: hospital management of cardiopulmonary arrest Croup Foreign body inhaled … of the upper airway may fully obstruct with otherwise minor acute upper airway swelling Although croup … the bacterial causes, often overlap Possible diagnosis Features Croup Young child (rare <3 months) Rapid onset …
  • Assessment of severity of respiratory conditions
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    of severity of respiratory conditions PIC Endorsed See also Acute asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pneumonia … monitor. Look at the other signs.) SpO 2 less than 90% (in room air) Any O 2 requirement in  croup  is … or bradycardia Arrhythmia or bradycardia Blood pressure (Do not measure in croup) Normal Increased Increased …
  • COVID-19
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    Community acquired pneumonia Croup PIMS-TS (see Additional notes below) Key points Children are less … and illness syndrome (See:  Bronchiolitis ,  Croup ,  Pneumonia , Gastroenteritis , Asthma , Sepsis , Chest … if a child clinically deteriorates and clinical suspicion of COVID-19 remains high Children with croup and/or …
  • Cough
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    Foreign body Croup Key points The most common cause of cough is an upper respiratory tract infection … or seal-like (+/- stridor): croup Dry +/- wheeze: asthma Dry, honking, barking, distractible, suggestible: tic … children (see sepsis , community acquired pneumonia , asthma , foreign body , pertussis , croup …
  • Minimising distress in healthcare setting
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    and Johnson D, Croup in the paediatric emergency department . Paediatr Child Health.  2007 Jul; 12(6): 473–477 … for the management of croup . RACGP Health for Kids Guideline Development Group, Australian Family Physician Vol. 37 …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
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    Malaria Respiratory symptoms Viral RTI Pneumonia, Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pertussis: vaccination may … may present with acute chest syndrome Pneumonia Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Cough Immigrant health -TB …
  • COVID-19 swabbing
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    of upper airway obstruction (eg croup) who may become compromised further by the swab Bleeding disorders  - …
  • Resuscitation: Care of the seriously unwell child
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    airway obstruction Croup Inhaled foreign body Emergency airway management Resuscitation: Hospital …
  • Procedural sedation
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    procedural sedation in these children: Airway Acute: severe obstructive airway disease, eg croup, foreign …