epiglottitis/edema

A review was performed of 234 consecutive cases of epiglottis that occurred during a 20-year period to delineate the rate of, and clinical characteristics associated with, the complication of pulmonary edema. As a result of the prior utilization of a "dual" management protocol, there were 170

A case of acute epiglottitis complicated by pulmonary edema, after intubation in a 30 month-old child is reported. The pathophysiology of this complication and its treatment associating oxygen therapy and positive end expiratory pressure are discussed.

Analysis of airway radiographs of 20 children with proven acute epiglottitis revealed that five (25%) had, in addition to supraglottic edema, localized subglottic edema radiographically indistinguishable from that seen in croup. In all five patients the etiologic organism was Hemophilus influenzae

Epiglottitis is a rare cause of upper airway obstruction that may lead to death in the adult. We report the case of a patient with severe coronary artery disease with adult epiglottitis who required emergency endotracheal intubation. Relief of the airway obstruction was followed by the development

Two children, ages 9 and 2 1/2 years, with clinical diagnoses of laryngotracheitis (croup) and epiglottis, respectively, developed florid pulmonary edema without evidence of cardiac enlargement. Both children responded to vigorous therapy, which included endotracheal intubation, mechanical

Presented is the case of a 2 1/2-year-old with acute pulmonary edema associated with epiglottitis prior to intubation. The patient complained only of odynophagia and had one brief episode of apnea and flaccid posturing. Chest radiograph demonstrated pulmonary edema. A soft tissue radiograph of the

During an autopsy the clinician, as well as the pathologist, should insist on a culture and adequate examination of the neck. Failure to examine the neck structures in this catastrophic illness may result in an incorrect determination of the cause of death [12,13]. Many autopsy surgeons assume

We retrospectively surveyed records of 153 patients with croup or epiglottitis. Thirty-four children required intubation of the trachea to relieve upper airway obstruction. In those requiring intubation, pulmonary edema occurred in four (12%) of 34. Review of 17 previously reported cases, along with

Acute airway obstruction can result in life - threatening pulmonary edema. It can develop rapidly, without warning, in otherwise healthy patients. Negative pressure pulmonary edema has been described after acute airway obstruction in situations when a patient is breathing against an obstructed

Several leading authors on acute epiglottitis have reported a pale appearance of the swelling of the epiglottis in otherwise seemingly classical cases of acute epiglottitis. In order to understand this phenomenon better, a thorough review of the literature was done but only scarce comments were