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Acute Epiglottitis in Adults. A Management Protocol Based on a 17‐Year Material
Author(s) -
Andreassen U. K.,
Husum B.,
Tos M.,
Leth N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1984.tb02033.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epiglottis , tracheotomy , nasotracheal intubation , airway obstruction , epiglottitis , intubation , airway , airway management , surgery , anesthesia , larynx
During a 17‐year period 75 adult patients were treated for acute epiglottitis. Twenty of the patients had respiratory symptoms and in 13 patients an artificial airway was established by means of nasotracheal intubation or tracheotomy. One patient died of suffocation and one other patient had severe incapacitating brain damage because of cardiac arrest in combination with respiratory obstruction. All the other patients were discharged from the hospital without any sequelae. On the basis of our 17‐year material and the literature, a protocol for the handling of patients with suspected acute epiglottitis is presented.