Epiglottitis in the United States: National trends, variances, prognosis, and management

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1256-1262

  Shah, Rahul K ^a   Stocks, Carol ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep neck space infection; Haemophilus influenza type b; Nationwide inpatient sample; Stridor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953168852     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20921     Document Type: Article

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