1-3 days of URI symptoms, followed by barking cough, hoarse voice, and stridor
Low-grade fever
NO drooling or dysphagia
Duration 4 - 7 days
Usually most severe on days 3-4
Usually most severe on days 3-4
85% of cases
Intermittent barking cough
Stridor with agitation
Mild tachypnea
Mild tachycardia
Fussy but alert, interactive, consolable by parents
Stridor at rest
Worsening stridor with agitation
Increased work of breathing
Hypoxia
Less than 1% of cases
Croup
Laryngotracheomalacia
Laryngitis
Accounts for 60%
Sinusitis
Usually exacerbated by viral URI
Epiglottitis
Dx w/ flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy