Acute epiglottitis in adults

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 37-38, 2002, Pages 541-547

  Wick, Franziska ^a   Ballmer, Peter E ^a   Haller, Alois ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute epiglottitis; Airway placement; Fibreoptic laryngoscopy; Odynophagia; Sore throat; Visualisation of the epiglottis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SORE THROAT; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037069170     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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