RT Book, Section A1 Schetzina, Karen E. A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 Chiang, Vincent W. SR Print(0) ID 1146113805 T1 Irritability and Intractable Crying T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071829281 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146113805 RD 2024/03/28 AB Irritability and intractable crying may be the presenting complaint for a wide range of medical problems in infants and children, some of which are potentially serious. Recently it has been estimated that 5% of infants presenting to the emergency department with crying have a serious underlying illness and two-thirds of these cases may be identified through careful history and physical examination.1 Symptoms may also begin after hospitalization. Hospital providers must be able to differentiate significant irritability and intractable crying from developmentally appropriate crying. They must be familiar with the common causes of irritability and intractable crying as well as the more unusual causes and a stepwise approach to evaluation.