Acute Epiglottitis in Adults: Analysis of 129 Cases

Objective.—To characterize the clinical features of acute epiglottitis in adults and to identify factors associated with airway intervention.Design.—Case series.Setting.—Northern California health maintenance organization.Participants.—A total of 129 patients aged 18 years or older with laryngoscopi...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 272; no. 17; pp. 1358 - 1360
Main Authors:	Frantz, Timothy D, Rasgon, Barry M, Quesenberry, Charles P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL American Medical Association 02-11-1994
Subjects:	Acute Disease Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Decision Support Techniques Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases Epiglottitis - diagnosis Epiglottitis - physiopathology Epiglottitis - therapy Female Haemophilus influenzae Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Intubation, Intratracheal Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Regression Analysis Tracheotomy Human Infection Epiglottitis Acute Bacteriosis ENT disease Adult
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