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Acute epiglottitis: a review of 80 patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Hidei Nakamura ,
Hidekazu Tanaka ,
Akifumi Matsuda ,
Erika Fukushima  and
Makoto Hasegawa
Hidei Nakamura
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Hidekazu Tanaka
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Akifumi Matsuda
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Erika Fukushima
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Abstract

We reviewed 80 patients admitted to our hospital who were diagnosed with acute epiglottitis between January 1995 and March 1999, and their clinical features, evolution and treatments were analysed. No sexual predominance was found, and there was no patient younger than 16 years of age. The patient fatality rate was 1.3 per cent, and the hospitalization period was markedly longer than those of other reports.

Keywords

EpiglottitisInfectionsOutcome Assessment (Health Care)
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 31 - 34
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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