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===Infectious epiglottitis=== | ===Infectious epiglottitis=== | ||
Infectious epiglottitis is a soft tissue swelling of epiglottis,<ref name="pmid20513048">{{cite journal| author=Shah RK, Stocks C| title=Epiglottitis in the United States: national trends, variances, prognosis, and management. | journal=Laryngoscope | year= 2010 | volume= 120 | issue= 6 | pages= 1256-62 | pmid=20513048 | doi=10.1002/lary.20921 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20513048 }}</ref> and the surrounding structures example; plica aryepiglottica , [[arytenoids]], sinus [[piriformis]] and [[Vestibular fold|vestibular]] folds usually caused by bacteria and occasionally viruses.<ref name="pmid6967138">{{cite journal| author=Ossoff RH, Wolff AP, Ballenger JJ| title=Acute epiglottitis in adults: experience with fifteen cases. | journal=Laryngoscope | year= 1980 | volume= 90 | issue= 7 Pt 1 | pages= 1155-61 | pmid=6967138 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6967138 }}</ref> | Infectious epiglottitis is a soft tissue swelling of epiglottis,<ref name="pmid20513048">{{cite journal| author=Shah RK, Stocks C| title=Epiglottitis in the United States: national trends, variances, prognosis, and management. | journal=Laryngoscope | year= 2010 | volume= 120 | issue= 6 | pages= 1256-62 | pmid=20513048 | doi=10.1002/lary.20921 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20513048 }}</ref> and the surrounding structures example; plica aryepiglottica , [[arytenoids]], sinus [[piriformis]] and [[Vestibular fold|vestibular]] folds usually caused by bacteria and occasionally viruses.<ref name="pmid6967138">{{cite journal| author=Ossoff RH, Wolff AP, Ballenger JJ| title=Acute epiglottitis in adults: experience with fifteen cases. | journal=Laryngoscope | year= 1980 | volume= 90 | issue= 7 Pt 1 | pages= 1155-61 | pmid=6967138 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6967138 }}</ref> | ||
Infctious epiglottitis may be subclassified into: | |||
====Bacteria epiglottitis==== | |||
====Viral epiglottitis==== | |||
===Noninfectious epiglottitis=== | ===Noninfectious epiglottitis=== |
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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
Classification
Epiglottitis may be classified according to the etiology, and disease duration as follows:
Infectious epiglottitis
Infectious epiglottitis is a soft tissue swelling of epiglottis,[1] and the surrounding structures example; plica aryepiglottica , arytenoids, sinus piriformis and vestibular folds usually caused by bacteria and occasionally viruses.[2] Infctious epiglottitis may be subclassified into:
Bacteria epiglottitis
Viral epiglottitis
Noninfectious epiglottitis
References
- ↑ Shah RK, Stocks C (2010). "Epiglottitis in the United States: national trends, variances, prognosis, and management". Laryngoscope. 120 (6): 1256–62. doi:10.1002/lary.20921. PMID 20513048.
- ↑ Ossoff RH, Wolff AP, Ballenger JJ (1980). "Acute epiglottitis in adults: experience with fifteen cases". Laryngoscope. 90 (7 Pt 1): 1155–61. PMID 6967138.