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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Risk factors in the development of [[epiglottitis]] include:<ref name="pmid24052580" /><ref name="pmid9447879" /> absence of immunization, immunocompromised state, smoking and postsplenectomy. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Some risk factors in the development of [[epiglottitis]] include the following:<ref name="pmid24052580">{{cite journal| author=Charles R, Fadden M, Brook J| title=Acute epiglottitis. | journal=BMJ | year= 2013 | volume= 347 | issue= | pages= f5235 | pmid=24052580 | doi=10.1136/bmj.f5235 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24052580 }} </ref><ref name="pmid9447879">{{cite journal| author=Park KW, Darvish A, Lowenstein E| title=Airway management for adult patients with acute epiglottitis: a 12-year experience at an academic medical center (1984-1995). | journal=Anesthesiology | year= 1998 | volume= 88 | issue= 1 | pages= 254-61 | pmid=9447879 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9447879 }} </ref> | |||
*Absence of immunisation | |||
*Absence of immunisation | |||
*Immunocompromised state | *Immunocompromised state | ||
*Smoking | *[[Smoking]] | ||
*Postsplenectomy | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Risk factors in the development of epiglottitis include:[1][2] absence of immunization, immunocompromised state, smoking and postsplenectomy.
Risk Factors
Some risk factors in the development of epiglottitis include the following:[1][2]
- Absence of immunisation
- Immunocompromised state
- Smoking
- Postsplenectomy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles R, Fadden M, Brook J (2013). "Acute epiglottitis". BMJ. 347: f5235. doi:10.1136/bmj.f5235. PMID 24052580.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Park KW, Darvish A, Lowenstein E (1998). "Airway management for adult patients with acute epiglottitis: a 12-year experience at an academic medical center (1984-1995)". Anesthesiology. 88 (1): 254–61. PMID 9447879.