Pyriform sinus perforation secondary to traumatic intubation in a difficult airway patient

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 152-155

  Lee, Tai Shion ^a   Jordan, John S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; intubation, intratracheal; pyriform sinus perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPHENOID SINUS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

CASE REPORT; EMERGENCIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGE; PHARYNX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0028314942     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(94)90017-5     Document Type: Article

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