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Clinical Presentation of Pediatric Recurrent Croup: Implications for Diagnosis.
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Clinical Pediatrics . Sep2023, Vol. 62 Issue 8, p871-878. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Recurrent croup is a common clinical entity afflicting the pediatric population, but is not well-characterized in the literature. We describe the largest series of recurrent croup in North America from a single tertiary care academic center, and differentiate subpopulations based on demographic characteristics and clinical presentation. We identified 114 patients for inclusion. Common symptoms included barky cough (86.0%) and inspiratory stridor (60.5%). Many (26.3%) experienced full symptom resolution within a day, and 41.2% reported onset of symptoms at any time of the day. Male patients had a higher number of prior croup episodes at presentation compared with female patients (mean of 9.8 ± 8.0 in males vs 6.6 ± 4.8 in females, P =.03). On multivariate regression, racial/ethnic minority patients were at higher risk for dyspnea (odds ratio [OR]: 58.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.2-475.4) and upper respiratory infection prodrome (OR: 7.6; 95% CI: 1.6-35.3) compared with non-Hispanic white patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia diagnosis
*CROUP
*MINORITIES
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*RESPIRATORY infections
*PEDIATRICS
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*ACQUISITION of data
*CANCER relapse
*RESPIRATORY organ sounds
*COMPARATIVE studies
*MEDICAL records
*COUGH
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
CHRONIC disease diagnosis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00099228
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 169834021
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228221150691