A rare post-anaesthesia complication causing upper airway obstruction

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1221-1222

  Casati, A ^a,b   Caldi, M ^a   Colnaghi, E ^a   Torri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030717533     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04870.x     Document Type: Article

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