TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acute Upper Airway Obstruction A1 - Daphtary, Kshama A2 - Usatine, Richard P. A2 - Sabella, Camille A2 - Smith, Mindy Ann A2 - Mayeaux, E.J. A2 - Chumley, Heidi S. A2 - Appachi, Elumalai PY - 2015 T2 - The Color Atlas of Pediatrics AB - A 9-month-old infant is brought to the emergency department because of a 1-hour history of a barky cough and difficulty breathing, which followed a 2-day history of rhinorrhea and low-grade fever. He does not appear toxic, but is tachypneic, and has inspiratory stridor and suprasternal retractions. He is not drooling and has no change in voice. A dose of nebulized epinephrine is administered while awaiting the results of his neck x-ray. The frontal view of an x-ray of the soft tissues of the neck shows narrowing of the subglottic space (Steeple sign) (Figure 30-1). A diagnosis of croup is made and the infant is given a dose of dexamethasone orally. Thirty minutes later, his stridor and retractions have resolved. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114870322 ER -