PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 3 March 1988, pp. 441-444
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Thermal Epiglottitis After Swallowing Hot Beverages

Roy M. Kulick MD1, Steven M. Selbst MD1, M. Douglas Baker MD1, and George A. Woodward MD1

1 From the Emergency Department and the Division of General Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Two young children who sustained thermal injuries to the epiglottis (or "thermal epiglottitis") after swallowing hot beverages are reported. Findings, clinically and radiologically, in both children were similar to acute infectious epiglottitis. Children with these injuries are at risk for significant upper airway obstruction which may progress for several hours. Children in whom thermal epiglottitis is suspected should be approached with the same caution and preparedness for emergency airway management and pediatric intensive care afforded those with acute infectious epiglottitis.

Key Words: epiglottitis • airway burn • thermal injury

Submitted on April 22, 1987
Accepted on May 27, 1987




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