What is Croup? Barking Cough & Treatment | Nurse Stefan

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Transcript:

Hey

Ya

I

Wanna

Shoop

Baby

Whenever I think of Croup

I think of this cut.

It’s "Shoop."

The "Salt-n-Pepa" Song

And with those three "S"'s

You’ll remember the symptoms of Croup

Subglottic swelling

causing the Stridor

and the Seal-bark cough.

The subglottic swelling is caused by inflammation
of the larynx

and causes those stridorous breath sounds

which sound like...

::stridorous breath sound::

and that classic Seal-bark cough

which sounds like this...

::seal-bark cough sound::

Ok on the X-ray

You'll see the classic "Steeple Sign"

Which looks like a pointy steeple

instead of an open airway.

So, now that we know what a patient with croup

will look and sound like,

how do we treat it?

And what causes it?

C-R-O-U-P

Spells

Croup

The first three are treatments

Corticosteroids like Dexamethasone

Racemic Epinephrine, which we give by a nebulizer

and Oxygen, which we give by oxygen mask or
a nasal cannula

the "U" and the "P" stands for

Usually Parainfluenza

Which is the virus that typically causes these
bouts of Croup..

And there ya have it.

If you have Stridor, and a Seal-bark cough,
from the subglottic swelling,

Prep the corticosteroids

the racemic epinephrine

and the oxygen

because usually parainfluenza is causing your
bout

of Croup.

... 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 for more!

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For more information check out:
Another video about Croup from Best Docs Network:
   • Barking Cough  

Children's Hospital discusses Croup:
   • Croup - Pediatric Expert Tips  

Another Children's Hospital covering the topic:
   • Видео  

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