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Descriptor English: Supraglottitis
Descriptor Spanish: Supraglotitis
Descriptor supraglotitis
Scope note: Inflamación de la EPIGLOTIS y estructuras supraglóticas incluyendo la FARINGE; ÚVULA; base de la lengua y los pliegues ariepiglóticos. Es causada generalmente por HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE en niños pero a menudo por diversos organismos en adultos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Supraglotite
Descriptor French: Supraglottite
Entry term(s): Supraglottitides
Tree number(s): C01.748.798
C08.360.840
C08.730.798
C09.400.840
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059525
Scope note: Inflammation of the EPIGLOTTIS and supraglottic structures including the PHARYNX; UVULA; base of tongue; and aryepiglottic folds. It is usually caused by HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE in children but often by different organisms in adults.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Epiglottitis (1984-2011)
Glottis (1970-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54497
Unique ID: D059525
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Supraglottitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0550491
Scope note Inflammation of the EPIGLOTTIS and supraglottic structures including the PHARYNX; UVULA; base of tongue; and aryepiglottic folds. It is usually caused by HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE in children but often by different organisms in adults.
Preferred term Supraglottitis
Entry term(s) Supraglottitides



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