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This guideline describes the management of croup from initial presentation to our approach to intubation (in the OR) and extubation (in the PICU).
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Intensive care management of children intubated for croup: a retrospective analysis. Gelbart B, Parsons S, Sarpal A, Ninova P, Butt W. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2016 Jan;44(2):245-50.
Comparison between single-dose oral prednisolone and oral dexamethasone in the treatment of croup: a randomized, double-blinded clinical trial. Fifoot AA, Ting JY. Emerg Med Australas. 2007 Feb;19(1):51-8. All regimes equally effective in this study.
Prednisolone versus dexamethasone in croup: a randomised equivalence trial. Sparrow A, Geelhoed G. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Jul;91(7):580-3. Epub 2006 Apr 19. Prednisolone not as effective as dexamethasone in this study.