Acute laryngotracheobronchitis and epiglottitis

Acute laryngotracheobronchitis and epiglottitis.

RESPIBATORY OBSTRUCTION iS one of the most serious problems in infants and children. Laryngotracheobronchitis and epiglottitis may cause acute respir~ttory obstruction. Epiglottitis alone can be one of the causes of sudden~ death in ~hfldhood. 1,n,I2 Unless we are familiar with the clinical features of these conditions, proper treatment may not be instituted in time to prevent death. During the...

Acute laryngotracheobronchitis.

Adult acute epiglottitis.

Acute epiglotiitis 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.

Acute Epiglottitis in Children

Reports of thirteen cases of acute epiglottitis are presented. Improvement in the mortality rate with adequate treatment is stressed. The diagnosis and management is briefly discussed. Particular regard must be given to the maintenance of the airway, the control of infection and use of steroids. In view of the rapid progression of hypoxia, and collapse, and the high mortality, acute epiglottiti...

The diagnosis and treatment of acute laryngotracheobronchitis.

Acute laryngotracheobronchitis is a descriptive pathologic term for a disease of varied bacterial etiology. Despite its varied etiology the symptom complex generally fits into a definite pattern because the symptoms are produced by inflammation or obstruction of one or more of the breathing passages. In past times it was generally assumed, and correctly so, that a child or an infant suffering f...