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| | Epiglottitis aHealthyAdvantage |
 | | Because epiglottitis is caused by a bacteria, antibiotics such as cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, or ampicillin with sulbactam should be given through a needle placed in a vein (intravenously). | | | A patient with epiglottitis typically experiences a sudden fever, and begins having severe throat and neck pain. | | | Without intervention, epiglottitis has the potential to be fatal. |
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http://www.ahealthyadvantage.com/topic/topic100586779
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| | Epiglottitis |
| | Epiglottitis is a life-threatening condition requiring immediate care. | | | Once your condition is stable, a doctor may examine your throat using a flexible fiber-optic tube (nasopharyngoscope). | | | Don't try to examine the person's throat yourself — this can make matters worse. |
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00529.html
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| | Case Based Pediatrics Chapter |
| | The child with epiglottitis may prefer to adopt a position of sitting up, leaning forward, with their chin pushed forward and they may refuse to lie down. | | | The most important diagnostic consideration is distinguishing acute epiglottitis from acute laryngotracheitis. | | | He is discharged home after one hour of monitoring and his parents were instructed to treat him with humidified mist therapy. |
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http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s06c12.html
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| | Medical Library Search |
| | Because epiglottitis progresses so rapidly and has such serious consequences, do not attempt to treat it at home. | | | All these decisions are likely to be made very quickly, and you may feel shocked that your child needs such extreme treatment for what looks like a simple though severe sore throat. | | | If your child has an unusually sore throat and is drooling or breathing with difficulty, call your physician immediately. |
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http://www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=n:&mstr=/ZZZ43C0NDDC.html&soc=AAP&srch_typ=NAV_SERCH
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| | Australian Journal of Oto-Laryngology: Acute epiglottitis in an immunised child |
| | If rigid laryngobronchoscopy is available, its utilisation is vital both from a diagnostic viewpoint as well as facilitating the process of incubation by displacing oedema from the supraglottic tissues and stenting the airway open for a short period. | | | Australian Journal of Oto-Laryngology: Acute epiglottitis in an immunised child | | | Diagnosis was delayed with epiglottitis considered only after standard treatment for croup resulted in no clinical improvement. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3868/is_200210/ai_n9114214
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| | Those with acute epiglottitis tend to lean forward and hold very still. | | | What can be done to prevent the condition? | | | The affected person should try to stay calm. |
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http://www.northmemorial.com/HealthEncyclopedia/content/169.asp
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| | Child Health Library - Respiratory Disorders - Epiglottitis |
| | There is so much swelling that air cannot get in or out of the lungs resulting in a medical emergency. | | | Complete recovery takes longer and depends on each child's condition. | | | If a child is diagnosed with epiglottitis, the child's family or other close contacts are usually treated with a medication called Rifampin, to prevent the disease in those people who might have been exposed. |
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http://www.chp.edu/greystone/respire/epiglot.php
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| | eMedicine - Pediatrics, Epiglottitis : Article by Robert Felter, MD |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | As mentioned earlier, the HIB vaccine has dramatically reduced the incidence of epiglottitis. | | | Lateral neck radiograph of a child with epiglottitis. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic375.htm
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| | Epiglottitis |
| | The HIB vaccine has along the years proven effective in protecting infants against H aemophilus influenzae type, the bacterium responsible for causing epiglottitis and other infectious sickness as mentioned above. | | | Your doctor may also give your child intravenous fluids. | | | If epiglottitis is left untreated and the condition worsens, the sufferer might have to keep their mouths opened because the throat tissues may be painful to tighten. |
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http://www.entmags.org/epiglottitis.asp
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| | Acute Epiglottitis (Supraglottitis) |
| | Accurate records on the incidence of acute epiglottitis may be supplemented by coroner-medical examiners' investigations. | | | Failure to examine the epiglottis during the postmortem examination may disguise the true incidence of this disease. | | | The cases stress the fulminant course and the difficult diagnosis of acute epiglottitis. |
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http://www.astm.org/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/4004.htm
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| | FamilyFun: Health Encyclopedia: Epiglottitis |
| | Excerpt from THE DISNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BABY & CHILD CARE, © 1995 DSH Communications, Inc. This material is based on current medical research and, to the best of the editors' knowledge and understanding, is accurate and valid. | | | Total obstruction can develop very rapidly, so emergency medical care is imperative. | | | Epiglottitis is most common in children three to seven years of age, but it also occurs in infants and adults. |
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http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/child/health/childhealth/dony79enc_epig/dony79enc_epig.html
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| | Management Of Acute Epiglottitis |
| | Authors present their experience of 80 patients of acute epiglottitis from Tokyo, Japan pointing out that few reports of this condition is found in Asia – most of the literature is from Western countries. | | | The period of study was just over 4 years. |
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http://www.indegene.com/Ent/Jour/indJour_JLO_Sum_01-01-2001_3.asp
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| | Epiglottitis - New Treatments, October 2, 2005 |
| | If this is unsuccessful, gentle depression of the tongue with a depressor may facilitate visualization of the epiglottis. | | | Similarly, racemic epinephrine has no role in the treatment of acute epiglottitis. | | | All those who have a clinical diagnosis of epiglottitis are intubated. |
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http://www.ccspublishing.com/journals2a/epiglotittis.htm
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| | CROUP AND EPIGLOTTITIS |
| | Both croup and epiglottitis are conditions that mainly affect children. | | | The onset of croup is slow, usually after another illness, such as a cold or a sore throat, and is usually caused by a viral infection. | | | The infection of the epiglottis causes a gradual obstruction of the airway by the swollen tissue. |
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http://www.parasolemt.com.au/Manual/epiglottitis.asp
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| | Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Epiglottitis |
| | While waiting for medical treatment it is important to keep the child as calm as possible, and sitting up, as becoming upset or lying down can lead to more breathing difficulities. | | | Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Epiglottitis | | | Children under 4 years who are close contacts of a child with epiglottitis, or another Hib infection, may need treatment with an antibiotic to prevent them also catching the disease. |
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http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=303&id=1780
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| | Epiglottitis: Bacterial Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition |
| | The doctor does not hold the child down or use a tongue depressor to look in the throat, because these manipulations may cause throat spasm and complete airway blockage in a child with epiglottitis. | | | Children with epiglottitis often have bacteria in the bloodstream (bacteremia), which sometimes spreads the infection to the lungs, the joints, the tissues covering the brain (meninges), the sac around the heart, or the tissue beneath the skin. | | | Epiglottitis is most common in children 2 to 5 years old. |
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http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec23/ch272/ch272f.html
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| | Epiglottitis, Eastern Carolina |
| | A child with epiglottitis appears very sick and in distress. | | | Epiglottitis can be life-threatening because the inflamed and swollen epiglottis can rapidly block the trachea and make breathing difficult. | | | If a child has symptoms of epiglottitis, seek emergency care. |
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http://www.uhseast.com/163448.cfm
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| | Medical Encyclopedia: Epiglottitis (Print Version) |
| | The health care provider will examine the larynx (laryngoscopy) and may find an enlarged, reddened epiglottis. | | | Immunosuppression (from medications or diseases that reduce the action of the immune system) can predispose adults to epiglottitis. | | | Anesthesia may be required for laryngoscopy in a patient with epiglottitis, in the event insertion of a breathing tube (intubation) becomes necessary to maintain the airway. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/print/ency/article/000605.htm
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| | Epiglottitis |
| | Vaccination is the only way to prevent epiglottitis. | | | Epiglottitis is a rare disease, if you or your child experiences any of these symptoms, do not assume it is due to epiglottitis. | | | The patient may also have secondary illnesses that need to be treated depending on the cause of the epiglottitis (e.g., Streptococcus can cause blood infections). |
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http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=af362d97-4f80-4453-a175-02cc6220a387&chunkiid=96917
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| | Best Practice Medicine- Professional Reference - Adult Epiglottitis |
| | Best Practice Medicine- Professional Reference - Adult Epiglottitis | | | Consider other conditions whose symptoms may be confused with those of epiglottitis, including asthma, caustic ingestions, foreign-body aspiration, anaphylaxis, and angioneurotic edema of the larynx. | | | Reserve radiographic studies for those patients who present with atypical signs and symptoms of epiglottitis. |
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http://merck.micromedex.com/index.asp?page=bpm_brief&article_id=BPM01ID09
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| | EID V3N3 Acute Epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida in an Adult without Animal Exposure |
| | Blood cultures taken on admission grew gram-negative, oxidase-positive bacilli that did not grow on MacConkey agar (BBL, Cockeysville, MD) in two sets, both aerobically and anaerobically. | | | multocida epiglottitis, the patients had cats as pets. | | | Although no direct culture of the epiglottis was performed in the present case, the clinical syndrome and the absence of any other focus accounting for P. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no3/klien.htm
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| | ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS |
| | Epiglottitis is a very serious, life-threatening illness that needs emergency care. | | | Signs and Symptoms: Your child will probably not have any signs of illness before getting epiglottitis. | | | Epiglottitis (ep-uh-glah-ti-tis) is an infection that causes swelling of the area around the trachea (windpipe), which prevents normal breathing. |
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http://www.medformation.com/ac/mm_qdis.nsf/qd/nd0309g.htm
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| | If it is not treated, this condition can cause death through lack of oxygen getting into the lungs, so if epiglottitis is suspected, it should be treated as an emergency. | | | Household members may be given an antibacterial drug such as rifampin, to prevent further infection, especially if there are other young children in the family. | | | Other diagnoses of similar symptoms might be croup, a foreign object in the throat, or other non-serious causes of swelling of the epiglottis. |
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http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en.aspx?printPage=1&articleId=154
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| | A lateral radiographic view of the soft tissues of the neck demonstrates swollen anterior supraglottic structures at the level of the hyoid bone consistent with epiglottitis. | | | Epiglottitis is an acute inflammatory disease of the supraglottic structures that is usually caused by Haemophilus influencae type B, although Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Pneumococcus have been isolated. | | | Epiglottitis: A 4-year-old child presented with the sudden onset of fever, drooling, and stridor. |
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| | Epiglottitis |
| | With treatment, improvement of symptoms is seen in 24 hours, with complete relief of swelling in 72 hours. | | | 2) Seek emergency treatment if epiglottitis is suspected. | | | 1) There are signs of a respiratory infection and your child has had epiglottitis in the past. |
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http://www.lakeside.ca/Patient_Info/epiglottitis.htm
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| | Epiglottitis, Croup, and Tracheitis (Mar.1999) |
| | Stridor is a common finding in patients with upper respiratory disease. | | | This discussion will include the pathogenesis, clinical presentation and management of epiglottitis, croup and tracheitis in the pediatric population. | | | It is a bacterial cellulitis of the supraglottic structures, most notably the lingual surface of the epiglottis, but also affecting the aryepiglottic folds. |
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http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/Grnds/Epi-croup-trach-9903/epi-croup-trach-9903.html
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| | Children with epiglottitis have an illness that early on masquerades as viral croup, but who had progressive symptoms of high fever, drooling, restlessness and reluctance to lie down because of impending respiratory obstruction. | | | influenzae epiglottitis, meningitis, cellulitis and pneumonia, diseases that are now very rare but which used to kill or cripple several thousand children a year. | | | Classically, it was almost always caused by Hemophilus influenzae type B, an aggressive bacterium that used to be responsible for many serious infections in children under the age of five. |
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http://www.sleeptight.com/EncyMaster/E/epiglottitis.html
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| | EPIGLOTTITIS |
| | Epiglottitis is a medical emergency and a child is hospitalized immediately when epiglottitis is suspected. | | | Keep child calm as panic increases breathing difficulty. | | | It is rare under the age of two years, commonest between the age of two and five years, and may occur in adults. |
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http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b1.illness/b1.1.illnesses/EPIGLOTTITIS.htm
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| | Epiglottitis |
| | But some children may have a cold, cough, or sore throat. | | | It affects children ages 2 to 12, and can be a very serious problem. | | | Epiglottitis (ep-ee-glah-TIE-tis) is an infection that causes swelling of the area around the voice box. |
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http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0309.htm
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| | Mioti: Diseases + Conditions Directory |
| | Includes a description of the condition, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. | | | Information from DrKoop.com and A.D.A.M. GP Notebook: Acute Epiglottitis | | | The database is continually being updated by a team of authors. |
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http://www.mioti.com/condition/condition.asp?Cat=Epiglottitis
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| | Epiglottitis -- eCureMe.com |
| | When the epiglottis becomes inflamed or infected, this condition is known as epiglottitis. | | | Its function is to keep food from passing into the larynx and trachea (i.e., the airway bringing air to the lungs). | | | Stridor -- a whistling sound heard in the neck with a stethoscope |
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http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/Epiglottitis.asp
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| | Croup/ Epiglottitis |
| | If you suspect epiglottitis, child needs to be prepared for intubation with ENT and anesthesiologist available. | | | Diagnosis by visualization of an enlarged, very red epiglottis. | | | Most cases of epiglottitis are caused by H. flu. |
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http://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/croupEpiglo.html
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| | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| | Upper Airway Obstruction (Epiglottitis, Croup, Foreign Body) - Dept of Paediatrics, Monash Univ (AU) | | | Hanging Injuries and Strangulation - E-medicine, and an image of Hangman's fracture - Wayne State Univ. (US) |
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