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Epiglottitis is an uncommon disease. Incidence in adults is about 1 case per 100,000 per year. Adult epiglottitis is most frequently a disease of men, occurring during the fifth decade of life.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/763612-overview
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Computed tomography (CT) scan in an adult with acute epiglottitis shows a column of air around the epiglottis (E). The right side is more swollen than the left, and the hypo-attenuating area (A) is suggestive of fluid or the early formation of an abscess.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/408662-overview
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Epiglottitis in the adult can be fatal and should be treated with the same degree of concern and suspicion in respect of airway patency as in children. We present three cases of adult epiglottitis in which the airway was lost prior to or during the intervention of an anaesthetist.
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bja.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/85/5/795
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The annual incidence of adult epiglottitis has been estimated as 9.7 per million adults (Rhode Island)1 and 8.8 per million adults (Denmark),3 with a ...
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www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj;308/6924/329
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We present 14 cases of adult epiglottitis. Most cases were blood culture-negative; Hemophilus influenzae was isolated from blood cultures in two cases and ...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1306751/
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Recently, the incidence has decreased among children and increased among adults.1 Adult epiglottitis is different from its pediatric counterpart in that organism identification is less common2 and the mortality is higher.
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www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/176/5/620-b
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OBJECTIVE: To examine preliminary observations that the incidence of adult acute epiglottitis has risen between 1986 and 2000. ... OBJECTIVE: To examine preliminary observations that the incidence of adult acute epiglottitis has risen between 1986 and 2000. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Demographics, annual and seasonal...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/14608569
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To the Editor: Pasteurella multocida infection in humans usually involves animal contact, most commonly with a domestic dog or cat (1). Epiglottitis due to human P. multocida infection associated with animal contact is very rare (2-4). We report a case of epiglottitis due to P. multocida not associated with animal contact.
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www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no3/klien.htm
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Epiglottitis is an unusual clinical problem in the adult patient. ... radiologic sign in the diagnosis of adult epiglottitis. Ann Emerg. Med 30: 1ą6 ...
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www.springerlink.com/index/YYGFJCYUP74CJC4E.pdf
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