Acute Epiglottitis with Concurrent Pneumonia and Septic Shock in an Alcoholic Adult Patient

Historically epiglottitis has been considered a childhood disease. However, the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine has decreased the incidence of epiglottitis in children. It is important to recognize modern epiglottitis as a disease of adults. This report describes a case of...

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Autores principales: Chitty, Alexandra, Taylor, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443621
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.9.39280

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443621
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.9.39280

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