Clinical characteristics and treatment of acute epiglottitis: A retrospective study of 28 cases
作者机构：Department of OtorhinolaryngologyIMS and SUM HospitalSiksha“O”Anusandhan UniversityK8KalinganagarBhubaneswar-751003OdishaIndia Department of Oral Pathology and MicrobiologyIDS and SUM HospitalSiksha“O”Anusandhan UniversityK8KalinganagarBhubaneswar-751003OdishaIndia
出 版 物：《Journal of Acute Disease》 (急性病杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2020年第9卷第3期
页 面：109-113页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Acute epiglottitis Airway obstruction Supraglottis Odynophagia
摘 要：Objective:To evaluate the clinical profiles,diagnosis,and treatment of patients with acute epiglottitis at a tertiary care teaching hospital of eastern ***:This is a retrospective study in which 28 patients of acute epiglottitis *** study was conducted between January 2016 and October *** diagnosis of acute epiglottitis was based on the clinical presentations and fiberoptic laryngoscopic examinations of the larynx and *** of age,gender,personal history,clinical symptoms,treatment,and hospital stay were ***:Out of the 28 patients with acute epiglottitis,17(60.71%)were male and 11(39.29%)were female with age ranged from 4 years to 62 years and a mean age of 23.45 *** median duration from the onset to resorting to physicians is 3 *** the 28 patients,4 patients(14.29%)were under the treatment for diabetes *** cases(14.29%)required airway management with intubation and ***:Acute epiglottitis is an acute infectious condition of the supraglottis and may lead to airway *** presentations alone are insufficient for the diagnosis of acute *** nasopharyngolaryngoscopic examination should be performed as soon as possible for confirmation of the disease.
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