[Acute epiglottitis in adults. Diagnosis and treatment in our experience of 30 cases].

Objective: We present the 15-year-long experience of 2 hospitals in our region regarding the therapeutic management of acute epiglottitis in adults.

Patients And Method: Thirty patients with an average age of 46 years were diagnosed as having acute epiglottitis, either by indirect laryngoscopy or fibroscopy, and studied through a series of clinical parameters: age, sex, personal history, complementary tests, clinical symptoms, treatment, evolution, and average stay in hospital.

Results: We found an obvious predominance of this urgent pathology in males, with most patients reporting dysphagia or odynophagia (90 %).