Adult epiglottitis: A five-year retrospective chart review in a major urban centre

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 387-390

  Price, Ira M ^a   Preyra, Ian ^a,b,c   Fernandes, Christopher M B ^a,c   Woolfrey, Karen ^a,b   Worster, Andrew ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway management; Epiglottitis; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ODYNOPHAGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; TACHYCARDIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 29844443008     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Kuppens SP, Van DE. Wetering, Boerma EC: Acute epiglottitis as a cause of airway obstruction. Neth J Med 2000;56:190-2.
2. Hebert P, Ducic Y, Boisvert D, Lamothe A. Adult epiglottitis in a Canadian setting. Laryngoscope 1998;108:64-9.
3. Wick F, Ballmer PE, Haller A. Acute epiglottitis in adults. Swiss Med Wkly 2002:132:541-7.
4. Wong EY, Berkowitz RG. Acute epiglottitis in adults: the Royal Melbourne Hospital experience. ANZ J Surg 2001:71:740-3.
5. Carey MJ. Epiglottitis in adults. Am J Emerg Med 1996:14: 421-4.
6. Berg S, Trollfors B, Nylen O, Hugosson S, Prellner K, Carenfelt C. Incidence, aetiology, and prognosis of acute epiglottitis in children and adults in Sweden. Scand J Infect Dis 1996: 23(3):261-4.
7. Park KW, Darvish A, Lowenstein F. Airway management for adult patients with acute epiglottitis: a 12-year experience at an academic medical center. Anesthesiology 1998:88:254-61.
8. MayoSmith MF, Hirsch PJ, Wodzinski SF, Schiffman FJ. Acute epiglottitis in adults: an eight-year experience in the state of Rhode Island. N Engl J Med 1986;314(18):1133-9.
9. Gerber AC, Dude S. Acute epiglottitis: management by short duration of intubation and hospitalization. Intensive Care Med 1986:12:407.
10. Sack J, Brock C. Identifying acute epiglottitis in adults. Postgrad Med 2002:112:81-6.
11. Worster A, Haines T. Advanced statistics: understanding medical record review (MRR) studies [review]. Acad Emerg Med 2004:11(2):187-92.
12. Gilbert EH, Lowenstein S, Koziol-McLain J, et al. Chart reviews in emergency medicine research: Where are the methods? Ann Emerg Med 1996;27:305-8.