Open AccessSubglottic edema in acute epiglottitis in children
Author(s) -
GD Shackelford,
M J Siegel,
WH McAlister
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.131.4.603
Subject(s) - medicine , croup , epiglottitis , laryngeal edema , edema , airway , laryngitis , epiglottis , larynx , surgery , dermatology , pediatrics
Analysis of airway radiographs of 20 children with proven acute epiglottitis revealed that five (25%) had, in addition to supraglottic edema, localized subglottic edema radiographically indistinguishable from that seen in croup. In all five patients the etiologic organism was Hemophilus influenzae type B.
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