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In an attempt to evaluate the respiratory status of patients with epiglottitis, the authors reviewed the charts of 170 patients (mean age, 3 to 4 years) with the diagnosis of acute epiglottitis confirmed by direct laryngoscopy or lateral airway radiography. Twenty-two of these patients had arterial blood gases performed after admission, and comprised the study group. The arterial/alveolar (a/A) oxygen tension ratios were calculated from these data (normal, 0.75 to 1.00). Additionally, chest radiographs from the study group were reviewed. The mean a/A ratio for the entire group was 0.59, with 17 of 22 (77%) with ratios less than 0.75, indicating abnormal gas exchange. Overall 33% of the chest radiographs were abnormal, with atelectasis and/or consolidation as the major abnormality. Of the patients with decreased a/A ratios, 10 of 17 (58%) had abnormal chest films. The authors point out the high incidence of chest radiograph abnormality (33%) and the 77% incidence of abnormal gas exchange in patients with epiglottitis, regardless of the relief of airway obstruction. The pathogenesis of these findings is presumed to be related to elevated negative pleural pressure generated from incre
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- Author
- William Blahd
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)