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Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)

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Croup is the commonest cause of acute upper-airway obstruction with stridor in young children. It is a viral inflammation of the larynx, subglottis and trachea that produces the classic triad of a barking ("seal-like") cough, hoarseness and inspiratory stridor. For NEET PG, the bankable facts are the parainfluenza aetiology, the radiological steeple sign, the Westley score, and dexamethasone + nebulised adrenaline as

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