• Southern medical journal · Aug 2010

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    Acute adult supraglottitis: current management and treatment.

    • Mohannad Al-Qudah, S Shetty, M Alomari, and Maen Alqdah.
    • Division of ORL-HNS, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbed, Jordan. malqudah@gmail.com
    • South. Med. J. 2010 Aug 1; 103 (8): 800-4.

    AbstractAcute adult supraglottitis can be a serious, life-threatening disease because of its potential for sudden upper airway obstruction. Symptoms and signs of this disease may be nonspecific and may resemble those of upper respiratory tract infection. Unexplained sore throat with tenderness of the anterior neck over the hyoid bone warrant careful examination by flexible laryngoscopy to rule out laryngeal congestion and edema. Laboratory tests are usually not helpful in picking up the diagnosis. Following diagnosis, patients should be hospitalized, started on intravenous antibiotics and their airway closely monitored, as airway obstruction may develop.

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