Upper Airway Obstruction as a Complication of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Report of Three Cases

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 1151-1153

  Rosenbaum, Lewis ^a   Thurman, Peter ^a   Krantz, Sanford B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DICOUMAROL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; OCCULT BLOOD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROPHARYNGEAL SPACE; SUBMANDIBULAR FOSSA; SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE REPORT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH FLOOR; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0018571465     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630470061019     Document Type: Article

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