急性会厌炎年龄构成比例研究

Study of Age-related Rate in Acute Epiglottitis

目的研究急性会厌炎发病年龄构成比,老年人急性会厌炎的发病特征。方法对近十年来我院收治的78例急性会厌炎患者进行了统计分析。结果急性会厌炎中年患者为53.9%,青年患者为24.4%,老年患者为19.2%,少儿患者为2.6%。结论急性会厌炎患者以中青年人最多,老年人次之,少年人少见;糖尿病患者的低免疫状态可能是老年人急性会厌炎的发病原因之一。

Objective To study the age -related rate in acute epiglottitis and the characteristics of acute epiglottitis in old people. Methods 78 patients with epiglottitis were statistically analyzed. Results The age - related rate of middle - age patients was 53.9% （42/78） , the age - related rate of young people was 24. 4% （19/78） , the rate of old - age patients was 19.2% （15/78） , the childreng rate was 2.6 （2/78）. Conclusion The middle - age people and the young people were most easily suffered from this disease, next the old people, acute epiglottitis rarely happen to children. The result also shows that lower immunity function of patients with diabetes may be the reason why old people were easily suffered from acute epiglottitis.