Acute Epiglottitis in Children—Treatment With Nasotracheal Intubation: Report of 14 Consecutive Cases

1 January 1976

journal article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics

Vol. 57 (1) , 152-155
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.57.1.152

Abstract

Fourteen consecutive cases of acute epiglottitis were treated by nasotracheal intubation during a ten-month period. The duration of intubation averaged 47.2 hours. No mortality or morbidity occurred. Mean hospitalization was 4.6 days. This study demonstrates the ease of maintaining an assured airway by nasotracheal intubation in cases of acute epiglottitis.

Keywords

CHILDREN
TREATMENT
HOSPITALIZATION
MORBIDITY
CONSECUTIVE
NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
EPIGLOTTITIS
FOURTEEN

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