ALLMedicine™ Epiglottitis Center

Jan 11th, 2021 - Evaluate trends in mortality due to acute epiglottitis before and after adoption of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccination (Hib) in pediatric and adult populations. Patients who died from acute epiglottis from 1979 to 2017 identified using Natio...

Dec 29th, 2020 - Supraglottitis is a life-threatening, predominantly bacterial disease that is rarely caused by viral etiologies. Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) supraglottitis has been infrequently reported, but its presentation can mimic that of bacterial supraglotti...

Nov 6th, 2020 - Necrotizing epiglottitis (NE) is a rare but extremely serious variant of acute bacterial epiglottitis. So far, it has been reported mostly in immunocompromised adults and only seldomly in the pediatric population. We describe the case of a 15-mont...

Nov 5th, 2020 - Patients with uremia are prone to infection; however, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as a risk factor for acute epiglottitis warrants study. We investigated the risk of severe epiglottitis requiring hospitalisation in patients with ESRD. We conduc...

Oct 21st, 2020 - Infective uvulitis is a rare condition in children. In this report, we describe the case of a 4-year old-patient who presented a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis with uvulitis. No signs of epiglottitis were detected at nasal fibroscopy. She recov...

Nov 4th, 2019 - In about 3% of children, viral infections of the airways that develop in early childhood lead to narrowing of the laryngeal lumen in the subglottic region resulting in symptoms such as hoarseness, abarking cough, stridor, and dyspnea. These infect...

Jan 11th, 2021 - Evaluate trends in mortality due to acute epiglottitis before and after adoption of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccination (Hib) in pediatric and adult populations. Patients who died from acute epiglottis from 1979 to 2017 identified using Natio...

Dec 29th, 2020 - Supraglottitis is a life-threatening, predominantly bacterial disease that is rarely caused by viral etiologies. Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) supraglottitis has been infrequently reported, but its presentation can mimic that of bacterial supraglotti...

Nov 6th, 2020 - Necrotizing epiglottitis (NE) is a rare but extremely serious variant of acute bacterial epiglottitis. So far, it has been reported mostly in immunocompromised adults and only seldomly in the pediatric population. We describe the case of a 15-mont...

Nov 5th, 2020 - Patients with uremia are prone to infection; however, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as a risk factor for acute epiglottitis warrants study. We investigated the risk of severe epiglottitis requiring hospitalisation in patients with ESRD. We conduc...

Oct 21st, 2020 - Infective uvulitis is a rare condition in children. In this report, we describe the case of a 4-year old-patient who presented a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis with uvulitis. No signs of epiglottitis were detected at nasal fibroscopy. She recov...

May 13th, 2020 - Answer 2/5 Of the following, which condition is most commonly associated with multiple benign nasal polyps? Your peers chose: Epiglottitis 0% Bacterial pharyngitis 0% Rhinosporidiosis 0% Alcohol intolerance 0% The pathogenesis of nasal polyposis i...

Oct 6th, 2016 - Discussion While the incidence of pediatric epiglottitis has decreased since the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in 1985, adult epiglottitis continues to represent a potentially life-threatening condition whose inci.

Oct 1st, 2016 - A 66-year-old woman presented with fever, cough, odynophagia, and anterior neck pain. Figure 1.

Jun 21st, 2015 - For those of us who appreciate the value of science and accept its limitations, it is sometimes difficult to understand how parents can choose to not immunize their children against serious and life-threatening diseases. To some extent, the explan.

Mar 1st, 2013 - A 55-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a sore throat, odynophagia, hoarseness, and a high-pitched muffled voice for 1 day. He is otherwise healthy, with no fever, chills, or exposure to sick contacts.