Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis

A 72‐year‐old woman presented with a 1‐day history of acute throat pain, hoarseness. On cervical ultrasonography (transverse view), the epiglottis was swollen with anterior‐posterior diameter of 3.5 and 3.8 mm at right and left edges, respectively. Laryngeal endoscopy showed marked swelling of the e...

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Autores principales: Hori, Hiroshi, Fukuchi, Takahiko, Sugawara, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33457158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.373
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author Hori, Hiroshi
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description A 72‐year‐old woman presented with a 1‐day history of acute throat pain, hoarseness. On cervical ultrasonography (transverse view), the epiglottis was swollen with anterior‐posterior diameter of 3.5 and 3.8 mm at right and left edges, respectively. Laryngeal endoscopy showed marked swelling of the epiglottis, and acute epiglottitis was diagnosed. [Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-77967912021-01-15 Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis Hori, Hiroshi Fukuchi, Takahiko Sugawara, Hitoshi J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine A 72‐year‐old woman presented with a 1‐day history of acute throat pain, hoarseness. On cervical ultrasonography (transverse view), the epiglottis was swollen with anterior‐posterior diameter of 3.5 and 3.8 mm at right and left edges, respectively. Laryngeal endoscopy showed marked swelling of the epiglottis, and acute epiglottitis was diagnosed. [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7796791/ /pubmed/33457158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.373 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title_full Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title_fullStr Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title_full_unstemmed Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title_short Point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
title_sort point‐of‐care ultrasound for prompt diagnosis and treatment monitoring of acute epiglottitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796791/
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