Laryngo- rhino- otologie
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During the last three years, 79 adults suffering from acute epiglottitis have been treated in the ENT departments of the university hospital Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, 36 women (41 years of age as an average) and 43 men (average age 39 years). Acute epiglottitis developed either all of a sudden, within hours, or gradually, within days. ⋯ The inflammation responded satisfactorily to conservative antibiotic management (broad spectrum penicillin). Only one patient had to undergo intubation, none of the adults required tracheotomy.