A Narrowing Diagnosis: A Rare Cause of Adult Croup and Literature Review

Croup or laryngotracheitis is rare in adults. We present a case of an otherwise healthy young woman that presented in the winter with 3 days of increasing dyspnea, cough, and fever. She was hemodynamically stable but was found to have a barking cough, paradoxical abdominal breathing, and stridor. Ch...

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Main Authors: Jayshil J. Patel, Emily Kitchin, Kurt Pfeifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9870762