Epiglottitis, Adult: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

1) General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 2) Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008 Mar 14;57(10):258-60. PubMed

Kroger AT, Atkinson WL, Marcuse EK, Pickering LK, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Centers for Disease. General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [published errata appear in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2007 Mar 23;56(11):256]. MMWR Recomm Rep 2006 Dec 1;55(RR-15):1-48.

Keywords

epiglottitis, supraglottitis, inflammation of the epiglottis, sudden airway obstruction, Haemophilus influenzae b vaccine, H influenzae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Hib vaccine, Hib vaccination

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