Journal Reviews

Airway intervention for epiglottitis

1 May 2017 | | Epiglottitis, tracheotomy, intubation, indication

This Japanese study was a retrospective review of 83 patients admitted with epiglottitis over a 9.5-year period. The authors found that the factors that were significantly more likely to be present in patients who received airway intervention were: odynophagia; drooling;...