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In North America, approximatley 1.3 per 100,000 children are affected per year. | In North America, approximatley 1.3 per 100,000 children are affected per year. | ||
In adults, | In adults, the incidence is between 1 and 4 per 100,000 per year.<ref>{{cite book|title=Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=9780702054389|page=291|edition=4|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=gP1sAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA291|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="pmid28043981">{{cite journal| author=Pang C, Mohammed R| title=Acute epiglottitis in an older person. | journal=Age Ageing | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28043981 | doi=10.1093/ageing/afw241 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28043981 }} </ref><ref name="pmid11573546">{{cite journal| author=Sherrard J| title=Adult epiglottitis: an under-recognized, life threatening condition. | journal=Br J Anaesth | year= 2001 | volume= 86 | issue= 3 | pages= 456; author reply 456-7 | pmid=11573546 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11573546 }} </ref><ref name="pmid7497775">{{cite journal| author=Mayo-Smith MF, Spinale JW, Donskey CJ, Yukawa M, Li RH, Schiffman FJ| title=Acute epiglottitis. An 18-year experience in Rhode Island. | journal=Chest | year= 1995 | volume= 108 | issue= 6 | pages= 1640-7 | pmid=7497775 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7497775 }} </ref> | ||
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It occurs more commonly in the [[developing world]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boons|first1=Geert-Jan|title=Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapies.|date=2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Hoboken|isbn=9780470473276|page=1222|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=FfOzFBnZWlkC&pg=PA122}}</ref> | It occurs more commonly in the [[developing world]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boons|first1=Geert-Jan|title=Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapies.|date=2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Hoboken|isbn=9780470473276|page=1222|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=FfOzFBnZWlkC&pg=PA122}}</ref> | ||
==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
Epidemiology and demographics
Incidence and prevalence
With the advent of Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine, the prevalence of epiglottitis has reduced by >90%.[1]
In North America, approximatley 1.3 per 100,000 children are affected per year. In adults, the incidence is between 1 and 4 per 100,000 per year.[2][3][4][5]
Gender
Age
The disease used to be mostly found in pediatric age group between 3 to 5 years. However, recent trend favors adults as most commonly affected individuals.[6]
Race
Developed vs developing countries
It occurs more commonly in the developing world.[7]
References
- ↑ Des Jardins, Terry (2015). Clinical Manifestations & Assessment of Respiratory Disease (7 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 529. ISBN 9780323358972.
- ↑ Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine (4 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. 2014. p. 291. ISBN 9780702054389. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Pang C, Mohammed R (2017). "Acute epiglottitis in an older person". Age Ageing. doi:10.1093/ageing/afw241. PMID 28043981.
- ↑ Sherrard J (2001). "Adult epiglottitis: an under-recognized, life threatening condition". Br J Anaesth. 86 (3): 456, author reply 456-7. PMID 11573546.
- ↑ Mayo-Smith MF, Spinale JW, Donskey CJ, Yukawa M, Li RH, Schiffman FJ (1995). "Acute epiglottitis. An 18-year experience in Rhode Island". Chest. 108 (6): 1640–7. PMID 7497775.
- ↑ Lichtor JL, Roche Rodriguez M, Aaronson NL, Spock T, Goodman TR, Baum ED (2016). "Epiglottitis: It Hasn't Gone Away". Anesthesiology. 124 (6): 1404–7. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000001125. PMID 27031010.
- ↑ Boons, Geert-Jan (2009). Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapies. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. p. 1222. ISBN 9780470473276.