title: Adult supraglottitis: an important cause of airway obstruction.
abstract: Supraglottitis in the adult can progress rapidly to complete airway obstruction. Successful management requires a high index of clinical suspicion at initial presentation and anticipation of a fulminant course. All cases should be assessed in a resuscitation area by senior medical staff.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy