Adult epiglottitis in a canadian setting

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-69

  Hébert, Paul C ^a,b   Ducic, Yadranko ^b   Boisvert, Denis ^a,b   Lamothe, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO;

EID: 0344109572     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199801000-00012     Document Type: Article

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