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On December 13, 1799, George Washington, the United States’ first president, was reported to have had sore throat and hoarseness of voice. | On December 13, 1799, George Washington, the United States’ first president, was reported to have had sore throat and hoarseness of voice. | ||
At dawn the next day, his conditioned worsened with difficulty in breathing. Few hours later he was found to have respiratory distress. | At dawn the next day, his conditioned worsened with difficulty in breathing. Few hours later he was found to have respiratory distress. | ||
The physicians who attended to him tried all treatment modalities but were unsuccessful and by 10:20 PM was decleared dead of what was most likely due to bacterial epiglottitis. | The physicians who attended to him tried all treatment modalities but were unsuccessful and by 10:20 PM was decleared dead of what was most likely due to bacterial epiglottitis. | ||
It is likely that if he had lived in recent times, the sequela would have been different. | It is likely that if he had lived in recent times, the sequela would have been different. | ||
Beofre 1960 acute epiglottitis was classified under several headings.<ref name="pmid1613842">{{cite journal| author=Wurtele P| title=Acute epiglottitis: historical highlights and perspectives for future research. | journal=J Otolaryngol | year= 1992 | volume= 21 Suppl 2 | issue= | pages= 1-15 | pmid=1613842 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1613842 }} </ref> | |||
In the 1980s [[Haemophilus Influenzae B|Haemophilus]] influenza type b vaccine was introduced. Prior to this,<ref name="Sch20152">{{cite book|last1=Schlossberg|first1=David|title=Clinical infectious disease|date=2015|isbn=9781107038912|page=202|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=meFwBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA202}}</ref> [[Haemophilus influenzae|H. influenza]] was the most common culprit of [[epiglottitis]]. | In the 1980s [[Haemophilus Influenzae B|Haemophilus]] influenza type b vaccine was introduced. Prior to this,<ref name="Sch20152">{{cite book|last1=Schlossberg|first1=David|title=Clinical infectious disease|date=2015|isbn=9781107038912|page=202|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=meFwBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA202}}</ref> [[Haemophilus influenzae|H. influenza]] was the most common culprit of [[epiglottitis]]. | ||
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Historical perspective
On December 13, 1799, George Washington, the United States’ first president, was reported to have had sore throat and hoarseness of voice. At dawn the next day, his conditioned worsened with difficulty in breathing. Few hours later he was found to have respiratory distress. The physicians who attended to him tried all treatment modalities but were unsuccessful and by 10:20 PM was decleared dead of what was most likely due to bacterial epiglottitis. It is likely that if he had lived in recent times, the sequela would have been different.
Beofre 1960 acute epiglottitis was classified under several headings.[1]
In the 1980s Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine was introduced. Prior to this,[2] H. influenza was the most common culprit of epiglottitis.
References
- ↑ Wurtele P (1992). "Acute epiglottitis: historical highlights and perspectives for future research". J Otolaryngol. 21 Suppl 2: 1–15. PMID 1613842.
- ↑ Schlossberg, David (2015). Clinical infectious disease (Second ed.). p. 202. ISBN 9781107038912.