Acute epiglottitis in an adult treated with nasotracheal intubation.

Epiglottitis Acuta Treated ith Nasotracheal Intbatiori

“…In our study the average age was lower than usually found (BLANC et al 1977), and the condition was more common among boys than girls (Tos 1973, BASS et al 1974, SCHULLER & BIRCK 1974, BRUCE & O'REILLY 1976. I n adults, very few cases have been reported (BRYNE et al 1977). When we compared this disease with laryn-The incidence of symptoms and clinical signs on admission listed by frequency gitis acuta, which is found far more often, we found a ratio of 1 : 30 in our hospital, which is similar to the results found by others (BAXTER 1967, SHANN et al 1975.…”

A comparison of endotracheal intubation and tracheostomy in the management of acute epiglottitis in children in the tropics

“…Relief of airway obstruction is the most important aspect of treatment. Until the 1970's, tracheostomy was the usual method of maintaining the airway during acute epiglottitis (Berenberg and Kevy, 1958;Baxter, 1967;Addy etal, 1972); but with the development of intensive care facilities, endotracheal intubation has replaced tracheostomy as the method of choice in most reports (Allen and Steven, 1972;Battaglia and Lockhart, 1975;Bryne et al, 1977;Downey et al, 1972;Enoksen et al, 1979;Milko et al, 1974;Tos, 1973). We have employed each of these methods under conditions of limited material and human resources prevalent in the tropics.…”