You enter the room of a 2-year-old patient who presents with a "barking cough" typically associated with croup.Once the diagnosis is confirmed,which of the following medications could you recommend to help provide relief from subglottic swelling?

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Although effective bronchodilators,albuterol and levalbuterol provide little or no relief from airway swelling.Racemic epinephrine is often used via either inhaled aerosol or direct lung instillation for its strong F1F1F1S1F1F1F10-adrenergic vasoconstricting effect,to reduce airway swelling after extubation or during epiglottitis,croup,or bronchiolitis or to control airway bleeding during endoscopy.Salmeterol is a long-acting bronchodilator.

You Enter the Room of a 2-Year-Old Patient Who Presents