ALLMedicine™ Epiglottitis Center

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...

Oct 13th, 2020 - Children's respiratory health are particularly vulnerable to outdoor air pollution, but evidence is lacking on the very acute effects of air pollution on the risk of acute upper respiratory infections (AURI) and acute lower respiratory infections ...

Aug 29th, 2020 - Non-vaccine Haemophilus influenzae type a epiglottitis.|2020|Almuzam S,Lin D,Wong G,Isaacs D,Huynh J,|

Jul 16th, 2020 - To investigate the incidence of acute epiglottitis (AE) and the clinical features of patients with AE complicated by peritonsillar abscess (PTA), considering that PTA, especially inferior-type PTA, is often a comorbidity of AE. We retrospectively ...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Epiglottitis is most commonly caused by bacterial infection resulting in inflammation and edema of the epiglottis and neighboring supraglottic structures. Acute infection was once found predominantly in children ages 2 to 6 years old, but with the...

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...

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...

Oct 13th, 2020 - Children's respiratory health are particularly vulnerable to outdoor air pollution, but evidence is lacking on the very acute effects of air pollution on the risk of acute upper respiratory infections (AURI) and acute lower respiratory infections ...

Aug 29th, 2020 - Non-vaccine Haemophilus influenzae type a epiglottitis.|2020|Almuzam S,Lin D,Wong G,Isaacs D,Huynh J,|

Jul 16th, 2020 - To investigate the incidence of acute epiglottitis (AE) and the clinical features of patients with AE complicated by peritonsillar abscess (PTA), considering that PTA, especially inferior-type PTA, is often a comorbidity of AE. We retrospectively ...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Epiglottitis is most commonly caused by bacterial infection resulting in inflammation and edema of the epiglottis and neighboring supraglottic structures. Acute infection was once found predominantly in children ages 2 to 6 years old, but with the...

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.

Sep 25th, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Managing pediatric epiglottitis without intervention resulted in significantly shortened hospital stays and lower costs, based on data from 820 children. "Due to the increasing rarity of this disease, suspicion for the diagnosis must.