Airway management in pediatric epiglottitis: A national perspective

In our sample, only 40 patients were identified who were under the age of 19 years and required an airway intervention for the treatment of epiglottitis. Epiglottitis is a rare, expensive, and protracted disease to treat in the postvaccine era. The unique nature of this disease has implications for training future surgeons on proper management of this potentially fatal disease.