Acute supraglottitis in adults in Finland: Review and analysis of 308 cases

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2107-2113

  Bizaki, Argyro J ^a   Numminen, Jura ^a   Vasama, Jussi Pekka ^a   Laranne, Jussi ^a   Rautiainen, Markus ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

airway intervention; dyspnea; epiglottitis; sore throat; stridor; Supraglottitis

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ODYNOPHAGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROAT CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053176402     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22147     Document Type: Review

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