CRUP, Una emergencia pediátrica

Abstract

This work is a bibliographical review about the Crup, this disease is seen in the pediatric population that is characterized by inflammation and obstruction of the upper airway, occurs in children between 3 months to 2 years of age. Climactic influence because in the cold season increases its presentation, its etiology is viral, mainly those of the genus Parainfluenzae. Its route of transmis-sion is through direct contact through the infected secretions, causing an edema of the respiratory epithelium of the larynx, subglotis and trachea. His clinical picture is characterized by inspiratory stridor, dyspnea, tachypnea, dysphonia, dog cough; and sometimes signs of respiratory distress. Its diagnosis is imminently clinical and according to the symptomatology, by means of the croup score scales, it can be classified according to severity in mild, moderate and severe, oxygen, heliox or humidified air.This paper is a bibliographic review on Croup. For this purpose it was review a wide bibliography between October 2016 to March 2017, taking in consideration data below 6 years, found in data base validated by experts like PUBMED, WILEY, ELSEVIER, and UPTODATE.