Welcome to the American Family Physician Podcast for the September 15th, 2016 issue.

I'm Jake.

I'm Brett.

I'm Kalina.

And I'm Evan.

We are residents and faculty, mostly residents, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Family Medicine Residency. On this episode, we're going to talk about croup, gout, a fib, skin cancer screening, and we'll have us steps for new rosacea medication.

The opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not represent the opinions

of the American Academy of Family Physicians,

the editor of American Family Physician, or Banner Health.

Do not use this podcast for medical advice.

Instead, see your own family doctor for medical care. First, let's take a look at the American Feministition, on a mission,

which is a publication of the BMJ Publishing Group.

David White Johnson from University of Calgary brings us this review of croup.

Crup, or as some like to say, loringo tracheitis, to quickly review, this is usually viral.

Think para influenza.

And regardless of what you call it,

we're dealing with theitis, or inflammation of the larynx centrakea.

Usually we see URI symptoms that rapidly progress to upper airway narrowing, which gives

you the classic nighttime barking cough, inspiratory strider, and hoarseness of croup.

The good news is, this is usually mild, and hoarseness of croup. The good news is,

this is usually mild, and the incidence of intubation, let alone mortality, is very, very low.

In fact, the vast majority of cases will self-resolve within 48 hours. Think about croup,

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