The Nurse Is Assessing a Child with Croup

The nurse is assessing a child with croup. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse associate with croup and most expect to find?

A) bark-like cough, hoarseness, inspiratory stridor
B) expiratory stridor, irregular breathing, and weak cough
C) Cheyne-Stokes respirations and substernal retraction
D) almost continual cough and complete laryngitis