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Original Article
Clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with croup and epiglottitis who visited 146 Emergency Departments in Korea
Doo Ri Lee, Chang Hyu Lee, Youn Kyung Won, Dong In Suh, Eui-Jung Roh, Mi-Hee Lee, Eun Hee Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(10):380-385.   Published online October 21, 2015
Purpose

Croup is a common pediatric respiratory illness with symptoms of varying severity. Moreover, epiglottitis is a rare disease that can rapidly progress to life-threatening airway obstruction. Although the clinical course and treatments differ between croup and epiglottitis, they are difficult to differentiate on presentation. We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics of croup and epiglottitis in Emergency Department patients.

Methods

The 2012...

Relationship between Admission and Clinical Features of Children Who Visited the Emergency Department with Seizures
Sung Kwan Yoon, Eun Young Kim, Eun Seok Yang, Kyung Rye Moon, Sang Kee Park, Young Bong Park, Young Il Rho, Soo Hyeong Cho
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2003;46(10):1003-1007.   Published online October 15, 2003
Purpose : To review the seizure-related complaints and analyze the relationship between admission rates and clinical features in children who had visited the emergency department with seizures. Methods : Retrospectively, we reviewed 180 patients(male 100, female 80) suffering from seizures, who had visited to the emergency department of Chosun University Hospital from January 2000 to June 2002. We have analyzed the...