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MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS

MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS Abstract IN 1908, Chevalier Jackson directed the attention of the physicians of America to a disease entity which has come to be known as acute laryngotracheobronchitis. As a pioneer in endoscopy, Jackson was afforded the opportunity of viewing through the bronchoscope the nonmembranous character of this disease as it affected the larynx, trachea and bronchi in a number of children who appeared clinically to have diphtheria. He described the pathology as differing from that of diphtheria in that the mucosa was more edematous and the secretion thick and tenacious, tending to form crusts and plugs and often leading to atelectasis and death. The disease in its severest form was observed most frequently in children under 3 years of age, whose air passages are actually, as well as relatively, smaller than those of older children. When a normally small airway was attacked by an inflammation characterized by swelling of the loose subglottic References 1. Neffson, A. H.: Tracheotomy in Cases of Acute Obstructive Nondiphtheritic Infections of Larynx, Trachea and Bronchi: General Study, with an Analysis of One Hundred and Twenty-Six Consecutive Cases Occurring During the Past Decade , Arch. Otolaryng. 36:773 ( (Dec.) ) 1942.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngology American Medical Association

MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS

Archives of Otolaryngology , Volume 50 (6) – Dec 1, 1949

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1949 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9977
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10.1001/archotol.1949.00700010739006
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Abstract

Abstract IN 1908, Chevalier Jackson directed the attention of the physicians of America to a disease entity which has come to be known as acute laryngotracheobronchitis. As a pioneer in endoscopy, Jackson was afforded the opportunity of viewing through the bronchoscope the nonmembranous character of this disease as it affected the larynx, trachea and bronchi in a number of children who appeared clinically to have diphtheria. He described the pathology as differing from that of diphtheria in that the mucosa was more edematous and the secretion thick and tenacious, tending to form crusts and plugs and often leading to atelectasis and death. The disease in its severest form was observed most frequently in children under 3 years of age, whose air passages are actually, as well as relatively, smaller than those of older children. When a normally small airway was attacked by an inflammation characterized by swelling of the loose subglottic References 1. Neffson, A. H.: Tracheotomy in Cases of Acute Obstructive Nondiphtheritic Infections of Larynx, Trachea and Bronchi: General Study, with an Analysis of One Hundred and Twenty-Six Consecutive Cases Occurring During the Past Decade , Arch. Otolaryng. 36:773 ( (Dec.) ) 1942.Crossref

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Archives of OtolaryngologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Dec 1, 1949

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