Duration, course and caregiver burden of croup in children: two observational cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although croup is a common respiratory illness, there is little published regarding symptom course. We aimed to assess symptom progression and caregiver burden, and whether age, sex or season and initial severity of disease are associated with symptom duration.

Design, setting and participants

We conducted a secondary analysis of two Canadian prospective cohorts of children 0-16 years old diagnosed with croup; one recruited from a paediatric emergency department (ED) (307 children) between November 1999 and March 2000, and the other from 26 general EDs (1214 children) between September 2002 and April 2006. Baseline data included age, sex, season, corticosteroid treatment and clinical severity score based on the presence or absence of a barky cough, stridor at rest

SUBMITTER: Bjornson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683890 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature