RECENT reviews of acute respiratory disease in childhood 1,2 have failed to emphasize the importance of epiglottitis. Unless physicians are cognizant of the clinical features of this rapidly ...

Acute epiglottitis is a rapid-onset inflammation of the epiglottis that can precipitate life-threatening airway obstruction. Historically predominant among children, widespread immunisation against ...

A 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a one-day history of acute-onset severe throat pain, hoarseness, and dyspnea. She did not have any previous respiratory problems or ...

Epiglottitis, or infection and inflammation of the epiglottis, is mainly caused by Haemophilus influenza type b and commonly affects children between ages 2 and 7 and adults with a depressed immune ...

The radiograph showed the classic “thumbprint sign” (Fig. 1, arrows) characteristic of epiglottitis. The patient had progressive respiratory distress and required emergent endotracheal intubation. A ...

If you're a fan of comedian Sarah Silverman, you likely heard about her terrifying health scare last week — according to a post on her Facebook page, she was laid up in the intensive care unit being ...

Eat, drink and be merry. And thank your epiglottis, themarvelous flap of cartilage in your throat that makes the first twoacts possible. Make that all three: If you couldn’t eat or drink,you wouldn’t ...

Comedian Sarah Silverman has indicated that she is "insanely lucky to be alive" after being hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) with epiglottitis. You may be asking, hospitalized with what?

A teenage girl with no hint of prior asthma or respiratory illness began to feel hoarseness in her throat and a feeling that she needed to clear her throat frequently. Within a few weeks, her ...

The epiglottis is located above the larynx, and plays a key role in keeping food out of the airway by covering the larynx when we swallow. Acute epiglottitis is an acute inflammation of the epiglottis ...