اپیگلوتیت
Sign in to saveAlso known as acute epiglottitis and supraglottitis, acute epiglottitis, mucosa of epiglottisitis, mucosa of epiglottis inflammation, supraglottitis
Epiglottitis is the inflammation of the epiglottis—the flap at the base of the tongue that prevents food entering the trachea (windpipe). Symptoms are usually rapid in onset and include trouble swallowing which can result in drooling, changes to the voice, fever, and an increased breathing rate. As the epiglottis is in the upper airway, swelling can interfere with breathing. People may lean forward in an effort to open the airway. As the condition worsens, stridor and bluish skin may occur.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Epiglottitis
- Medical condition.image
- Epiglottitis.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Neck X-ray showing thumbprint sign
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Acute supraglottitis
- Medical condition.field
- Otolaryngology
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Trouble swallowing, drooling, changes to the voice, fever, increased breathing rate, stridor
- Medical condition.onset
- Rapid
- Medical condition.causes
- H. influenzae type b, burns, trauma to the area
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Medical imaging, looking at the epiglottis
- Medical condition.prevention
- Hib vaccine, rifampin
- Medical condition.treatment
- Endotracheal intubation, intravenous antibiotics, corticosteroids
- Medical condition.prognosis
- 5% risk of death
- Medical condition.frequency
- ~2 per 100,000 per year
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Research
6,748 papers- [Epiglottitis].Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 2020
- Acute epiglottitis.Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore · 1991
- High risk and low prevalence diseases: Adult epiglottitis.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022
- Epiglottitis.The Journal of emergency medicine · 1983
- [Epiglottitis: An emergency. Thumb sign].Atencion primaria · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
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- health specialty
- pulmonology
- ICPC 2 ID
- R83
- Commons category
- Epiglottitis
- has cause
- Haemophilus influenzae
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9398
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C116007
- ICD-9-CM
- 464.3
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
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