Take Them Outside: Cold Air Helps Croup Symptoms in Kids

Authors

  • Zoé Valbret

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk776

Keywords:

croup, cold air, child health

Abstract

Although for many years parents and paediatricians have noticed that cold fresh air helps improve children’s croup symptoms, there was no scientific data to support this. Now, a team in Geneva carried out a randomized clinical study that supports this claim; it shows that going outside in cold fresh air helps initially reduce the severity of croup symptoms in children. 

Author Biography

Zoé Valbret

PhD student

Original article reference

Siebert, J. N., Salomon, C., Taddeo, I., Gervaix, A., Combescure, C., & Lacroix, L. (2023). Outdoor Cold Air Versus Room Temperature Exposure for Croup Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics, 152(3). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-061365

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Published

2023-12-22

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Section

Health & Physiology