Eat, drink and be merry. And thank your epiglottis, themarvelous flap of cartilage in your throat that makes the first twoacts possible. Make that all three: If you couldn’t eat or drink,you wouldn’t ...

RECENT reviews of acute respiratory disease in childhood 1,2 have failed to emphasize the importance of epiglottitis. Unless physicians are cognizant of the clinical features of this rapidly ...

Epiglottitis is inflammation of the epiglottis. It can result from an infection or other cause, such as physical trauma. A severely swollen epiglottis can block the airway, causing severe breathing ...

Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by pulling ...

Acute epiglottitis is a rapid-onset inflammation of the epiglottis that can precipitate life-threatening airway obstruction. Historically predominant among children, widespread immunisation against ...

An epiglottic entrapment is an upper airway abnormality that can cause poor performance in athletic horses. A team of researchers from the University of Montreal recently developed a safer instrument ...

Table 1 shows the distribution of sex, class, height, and duration of practice in the emergency department of the 32 participants. Of the 32 participants, 26, 4, and 4, were attending physicians, ...

"Dancing with the Stars" contestant Jeannie Mai has withdrawn from the show after she was admitted to the hospital with epiglottitis. Mai, a co-host on the afternoon talk show "The Real," was shocked ...