Epidemiological study and profile of treatment of croup in Iraqi children

Croup is still a common disease in our society. It mainly affects children between the ages of 2-4 years old. It is highly prevalant in low socio-economic groups and in big families who usually get the disease in its severe form. Our study shows marked female predominence and the use of steroids on the duration of hospitalization had little effect. All the patients were discharged in good condition and none of them required urgent procedures such as tracheostomy or endotracheal intubation