Case challenge · Pediatrics / Emergency · teaching

Croup (Acute Laryngotracheitis) — Management Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Pediatrics / Emergency

📋 Case data

Severity gradeMild

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Step 1 / 1 · Severity grade

Croup severity (stridor at rest/retractions)?

💡 Clinical diagnosis (barking cough, hoarseness, inspiratory stridor). Mild = no stridor at rest (only on exertion/crying); moderate = stridor at rest + mild retractions; severe = stridor at rest + marked retractions/distress; altered consciousness/cyanosis/exhaustion = impending respiratory failure.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.