Acute Epiglottitis: Review of 55 Cases and Suggested Protocol

Johnson, G.K.; Sullivan, John L.; Bishop, Lyall A.

doi:10.1001/archotol.1974.00780040345002

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“…SOLIMAN & RICHER 1978). Table 2 DISCUSSION The incidence of epiglottitis acuta is very low and the disease is most frequently seen in preschool-age children (BAXTER 1967, ARNDT 1971, BASS et al 1974, JOHNSEN et al 1974, AUAIR & RING 1975, BRUCE & O'REILLY 1976. 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.…”

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Epiglottitis Acuta Treated ith Nasotracheal Intbatiori

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Bryne

Hoel

et al. 1979

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

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Twenty children, ranging in age from 1--9 years, and one adult suffering from epiglottis acuta were treated with nasotracheal intubation performed under general anaesthesia and with ampicillin. Clinical cure was obtained in all cases with a mean intubation time of 34 hours. The diagnosis, epiglottis acuta, was suspected by the referring physician in 10 cases. The incidence of epiglottis acuta compared to laryngitis acuta was found to be 1:30. The mean hospital stay was 5.4 days. It is concluded that treatment of acute epiglottis by nasotracheal intubation in the hands of experienced anaesthesiologists and with close observation in an intesnive care unit, is a safe method of management with negligible morbidity and mortality.

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Epiglottitis Acuta Treated ith Nasotracheal Intbatiori

Enoksen

Bryne

Hoel

et al. 1979

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

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“…Instead, he should accompany the patient to hospital, keeping the patient in a sitting position and leaning forward. Sudden death from epiglottitis is probably caused more often by hypoxia than by complete airway obstruction (Johnson, Sullivan and Bishop, 1974;Adair, 1975;Adair and Ring, 1975). The patient should be given oxygen, preferably by directing an oxygen flow over the patient's face, thus avoiding a mask which may distress the patient and increase oxygen consumption.…”

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“…If respiratory arrest occurs, the patient should be ventilated artificially with oxygen. Airway obstruction is usually not complete, and it has been possible to resuscitate patients with mouth-to-mouth ventilation (Johnson, Sullivan and Bishop, 1974;Adair and Ring, 1975).…”

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ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS IN CHILDREN: Review of 27 patients

Breivik

Klaastad

1978

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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Of 27 children treated for acute epiglottitis, 26 survived. Eighteen patients treated by nasotracheal intubation were devoid of sequelae, whereas of six patients in whom tracheotomy was performed, one developed an ugly scar and two had slight tracheal stenosis at the tracheostomy site. In 22 of the 27 children the diagnosis of the referring physician was wrong, causing serious delay in securing the airway. We conclude that short-term nasotracheal intubation and antibiotic prophylaxis is the optimal treatment for acute epiglottitis in children. However, such patients are often in a critical condition, and it is essential that a well-planned procedure for examination and treatment is established in each hospital.

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“…Epiglottitis is most commonly caused by H infl uenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and S aureus, 8 although other bacteria, fungi, and viruses have been implicated. 9 To the best of our knowledge, only 7 cases of epiglottitis secondary to P multocida infection have been previously reported in the literature. 1,8,[10][11][12][13][14] In this article, we report a new case.…”

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Pasteurella Multocida Epiglottitis: A Review and Report of a New Case with Associated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Harris

Osswald

2010

Ear Nose Throat J

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Pasteurella multocida is a gram-negative coccobacillus that primarily affects animals. P multocida infections in humans are usually associated with animal contact. To the best of our knowledge, only 7 cases of P multocida epiglottitis have been previously reported in the Englishlanguage literature; none of these cases occurred in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. We describe what we believe is the fi rst reported case of P multocida epiglottitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and we review the previous reports of this rare entity.

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Acute Epiglottitis: Review of 55 Cases and Suggested Protocol

Cited by 40 publications

References 7 publications

Epiglottitis Acuta Treated ith Nasotracheal Intbatiori

Epiglottitis Acuta Treated ith Nasotracheal Intbatiori

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS IN CHILDREN: Review of 27 patients

Pasteurella Multocida Epiglottitis: A Review and Report of a New Case with Associated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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