Adult epiglottitis

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 an adult.

A 33-year old man developed acute epiglottitis of sudden onset which resulted in severe respiratory distress. A small endotracheal tube was passed as an emergency procedure. Respiratory arrest developed after he pulled it out 12 hr later. Subsequent progress was satisfactory following endotracheal intubation and treatment with ampicillin and hydrocortisone. Blood cultures grew Haemophilus influ...

Acute Epiglottitis in a Diabetic Adult Patient

Adult epiglottitis in a Canadian setting.

The objective of this study was to determine stable estimates of the incidence, case fatality, and epidemiologic features of adult epiglottitis, and risk factors for intubation. The authors designed a retrospective cohort combined with a nested case-control study, followed by detailed analysis of cases from two tertiary care institutions. Among 813 cases, the incidence was 2.02 cases/10(5) popu...

Adult onset Kawasaki disease presenting with acute epiglottitis findings.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, and was first described in Japan in 1967. Physiopathologically, it is an acute necrotizing vasculitis of the mediumand small-sized arteries. According to surveillance research from 2013 to 2014 in Japan, the sex ratio (male/female) was 1.28. KD often occurs in children and adult cases are very rare. The incidence rate (from 0 to 4 ye...