Airway intervention in cases of acute epiglottitis.

CONCLUSIONS: When considering whether airway intervention should be performed in cases of acute epiglottitis, the most important clinical factor is the laryngoscopic finding that "less than 50% of the glottis area being visible." Other important clinical factors to consider are odynophagia, drooling, hoarseness, muffled voice, dyspnoea, swelling of the posterior side of the epiglottis and a high WBC count. PMID: 29709131 [PubMed - in process]
Source: B-ENT - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research