Adult epiglottitis: 6 years experience in a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Cheung, Clement S K ^a   Man, Shin Yan ^a   Graham, Colin A ^a   Mak, Paulina S K ^a   Cheung, Phoebe S Y ^a   Chan, Bob C Y ^a   Rainer, Timothy H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adult epiglottitis; Diagnosis; Emergency department; Flexible laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949122432     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328320ad2f     Document Type: Article

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