I would like to ask, are croup and acute epiglottitis the same thing?
thanks,
K
K,
No, they are different, although can present with similar clinical features. Croup leads to a characteristic barking cough and stridor. Epiglottitis can also lead to stridor, but characteristically these patients are drooling and it is imperative that their oropharynx is not examined by anyone other than ENT or anaesthetics, lest they go into laryngospasm.
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I would like to ask, are croup and acute epiglottitis the same thing?
thanks,
K
K,
No, they are different, although can present with similar clinical features.
Croup leads to a characteristic barking cough and stridor.
Epiglottitis can also lead to stridor, but characteristically these patients are drooling and it is imperative that their oropharynx is not examined by anyone other than ENT or anaesthetics, lest they go into laryngospasm.