Supraglottitis in the era following widespread immunization against Haemophilus influenzae type B: Evolving principles in diagnosis and management

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2183-2188

  Guardiani, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bliss, Morgan ^c   Harley, Earl ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; airway; epiglottitis; Haemophilus influenzae; pediatric; Supraglottitis; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; PIPERACILLIN; STEROID; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRIDOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE CHANGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHILD; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349292943     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21083     Document Type: Article

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