THE OLD AND NEW OF ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEAL INFECTIONS

被引:12
作者
CUNNINGHAM, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT OTOL & LARYNGOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
关键词
D O I
10.1177/000992289203100111
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Laryngotracheal infections in childhood frequently result in airway obstruction, the major symptom of which is stridor. The primary aims of management are to establish a diagnosis rapidly and to maintain or secure the child's airway. Medical treatment and airway stabilization measures vary for the three most prevalent laryngotracheal infections - supraglottitis, laryngotracheitis, and bacterial tracheitis - as well as for older and newer infectious airway entities.
引用
收藏
页码:56 / 64
页数:9
相关论文
共 52 条
[12]  
EAVEY RD, 1988, LARYNX MULTIDISCIPLI, P31
[13]   BACTERIAL TRACHEITIS - AN UNUSUAL PATHOGEN [J].
FLEXON, PB ;
GARGANO, R ;
MCGILL, TJ ;
ARNOLD, JE .
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 1989, 100 (06) :619-620
[14]   RACEMIC EPINEPHRINE IN THE TREATMENT OF CROUP - NEBULIZATION ALONE VERSUS NEBULIZATION WITH INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING [J].
FOGEL, JM ;
BERG, IJ ;
GERBER, MA ;
SHERTER, CB .
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, 1982, 101 (06) :1028-1031
[15]  
FREELAND AP, 1987, PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGO, P453
[16]  
FRIEDMAN EM, 1985, LARYNGOSCOPE, V95, P9
[17]   SUPRAGLOTTITIS AND CONCURRENT HEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS [J].
FRIEDMAN, EM ;
HEALY, GB ;
DAMION, J ;
MCGILL, TJI .
ANNALS OF OTOLOGY RHINOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY, 1985, 94 (05) :470-472
[18]   COMPLICATION OF ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS [J].
GONZALEZ, C ;
GARTNER, JC ;
CASSELBRANT, ML ;
KENNA, MA .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, 1986, 11 (01) :67-71
[19]   DURATION OF INTUBATION IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS [J].
GONZALEZ, C ;
REILLY, JS ;
KENNA, M ;
THOMPSON, AE .
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 1986, 95 (04) :477-481
[20]   MEMBRANOUS LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS (MEMBRANOUS CROUP) [J].
HAN, BK ;
DUNBAR, JS ;
STRIKER, TW .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, 1979, 133 (01) :53-58