| Management of acute epiglottitis in adults. | |
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PMID: 21647034 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Acute epiglottitis is a medical emergency caused by oedema and inflammation of the epiglottis and supraglottic structures. It can be a rapidly progressive condition leading to life-threatening airway obstruction. Acute epiglottitis has traditionally been recognized as a paediatric disease but the incidence is rising in adults. Although still uncommon it is vital that junior doctors are well versed with the assessment of acute epiglottitis and simple management steps which are needed to treat this condition appropriately. |
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Irfan Syed; Tunde Odutoye; Michael Sw Lee; Patrick Wong |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) Volume: 72 ISSN: 1750-8460 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-06-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101257109 Medline TA: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: M74-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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