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Acute Subglottic Laryngitis. Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Picture

by
Henryk Mazurek
1,2,*,
Anna Bręborowicz
3,
Zbigniew Doniec
4,
Andrzej Emeryk
5,
Katarzyna Krenke
6,
Marek Kulus
6 and
Beata Zielnik-Jurkiewicz
7
1
Clinic of Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis, Regional Department of the Institute of Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój, Poland
2
State Higher Vocational School, Nowy Sącz, Poland
3
Department of Pneumonology, Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Science, Poznań, Poland
4
Department of Pneumonology, Institute of Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases, Rabka-Zdrój, Poland
5
Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Children Rheumatology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
6
Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
7
Department of Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2019, 87(5), 308-316; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2019.0056
Submission received: 14 June 2019 / Revised: 6 October 2019 / Accepted: 6 October 2019 / Published: 31 October 2019

Abstract

In about 3% of children, viral infections of the airways that develop in early childhood lead to narrowing of the laryngeal lumen in the subglottic region resulting in symptoms such as hoarseness, abarking cough, stridor, and dyspnea. These infections may eventually cause respiratory failure. The disease is often called acute subglottic laryngitis (ASL). Terms such as pseudocroup, croup syndrome, acute obstructive laryngitis and spasmodic croup are used interchangeably when referencing this disease. Although the differential diagnosis should include other rare diseases such as epiglottitis, diphtheria, fibrinous laryngitis and bacterial tracheobronchitis, the diagnosis of ASL should always be made on the basis of clinical criteria.
Keywords: subglottic laryngitis; croup; laryngeal obstruction; inspiratory dyspnoea; strido subglottic laryngitis; croup; laryngeal obstruction; inspiratory dyspnoea; strido

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Mazurek, H.; Bręborowicz, A.; Doniec, Z.; Emeryk, A.; Krenke, K.; Kulus, M.; Zielnik-Jurkiewicz, B. Acute Subglottic Laryngitis. Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Picture. Adv. Respir. Med. 2019, 87, 308-316. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2019.0056

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Mazurek H, Bręborowicz A, Doniec Z, Emeryk A, Krenke K, Kulus M, Zielnik-Jurkiewicz B. Acute Subglottic Laryngitis. Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Picture. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2019; 87(5):308-316. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2019.0056

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Mazurek, Henryk, Anna Bręborowicz, Zbigniew Doniec, Andrzej Emeryk, Katarzyna Krenke, Marek Kulus, and Beata Zielnik-Jurkiewicz. 2019. "Acute Subglottic Laryngitis. Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Picture" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 87, no. 5: 308-316. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2019.0056

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