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Medical Author:

David Perlstein, MD, MBA, FAAP

David Perlstein, MD, MBA, FAAP

Dr. Perlstein received his Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati and then completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at The New York Hospital, Cornell medical Center in New York City. After serving an additional year as Chief Pediatric Resident, he worked as a private practitioner and then was appointed Director of Ambulatory Pediatrics at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx.

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Medical Editor:

Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Indiana University.

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Author: David Perlstein, MD, FAAP

Editor: Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MCAP, Professor and Chair of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Britt A Durham, MD, Co-Director of Risk Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, King-Drew Trauma Center and University of California at Los Angeles.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.

REFERENCES:

Bjornson, C., Johnson, D. "Croup." Lancet 2008; 371: 329–39

Mazza, D., et al. "Evidence based guideline for the management of croup." Aust Fam Physician. 2008 Jun;37(6 Spec No):14-20.

Zoorob, R., M. Sidani, and J. Murray. "Croup: An Overview." Am Fam Physician 83.9 May 1, 2011: 1067-1073.

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