Identifying acute epiglottitis in adults: High degree of awareness, close monitoring are key

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Sack, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADULT DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SORE THROAT; STRIDOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036340402     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2002.07.1258     Document Type: Article

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