Adult acute epiglottitis
Acute epiglottitis is a disease of rapid onset and progression of symptoms and has been well described in children. The importance of being aware of this diagnosis is to prevent an acute upper airway obstruction that can be potentially fatal. Here we describe two cases of adult acute epiglottitis wh...
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| author | Arumainathan, Usha Devi Siow, S. C. Subha, Sethu Thakachy |
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| description | Acute epiglottitis is a disease of rapid onset and progression of symptoms and has been well described in children. The importance of being aware of this diagnosis is to prevent an acute upper airway obstruction that can be potentially fatal. Here we describe two cases of adult acute epiglottitis where the patients had severe symptoms of sorethroat but a normal looking oropharynx. |
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| spelling | upm-129492015-12-09T06:49:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12949/ Adult acute epiglottitis Arumainathan, Usha Devi Siow, S. C. Subha, Sethu Thakachy Acute epiglottitis is a disease of rapid onset and progression of symptoms and has been well described in children. The importance of being aware of this diagnosis is to prevent an acute upper airway obstruction that can be potentially fatal. Here we describe two cases of adult acute epiglottitis where the patients had severe symptoms of sorethroat but a normal looking oropharynx. Malaysian Medical Association 2002-06 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12949/1/Adult%20acute%20epiglottitis.pdf Arumainathan, Usha Devi and Siow, S. C. and Subha, Sethu Thakachy (2002) Adult acute epiglottitis. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 57 (2 ). pp. 240-241. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2002/v57n2/Adult_Acute_Epiglottitis.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arumainathan, Usha Devi Siow, S. C. Subha, Sethu Thakachy Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title | Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title_full | Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title_fullStr | Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title_short | Adult acute epiglottitis |
| title_sort | adult acute epiglottitis |
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