A Clinical Study of Acute Epiglottitis in Adults
| Autor: | Mariko Arimoto, Hiromi Ueda, Tetsuya Ogawa, Ikue Uchida, Tohru Tanigawa, Shuntaro Inagawa, Hiroshi Nonoyama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Epiglottitis Tracheotomy medicine Sore throat Humans Intensive care medicine Aryepiglottic fold Retrospective Studies business.industry Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged Airway obstruction medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Anesthesia Acute Disease Female Airway management medicine.symptom Airway business |
| Zdroj: | Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 117:191-195 |
| ISSN: | 1883-0854 0030-6622 |
| DOI: | 10.3950/jibiinkoka.117.191 |
| Popis: | Acute epiglottitis may trigger death because of serious airway obstruction. It is necessary to perform emergency and accurate airway intervention. In this retrospective study we present 216 cases of acute epiglottitis in adults. Airway management was done in 39 cases (18.1%), but most cases were treated conservatively. The mean patient age was 53 years and the male-to-female ratio was 1.9 to 1.0. The most frequent symptoms were sore throat (88%). The mean duration from symptom onset to consultation to our hospital was 1.9 days in the airway management group and 2.9 days in the conservatively treated group, which was statistically significant (p |
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