Acute superior vena caval syndrome with airway obstruction following elective mediastinoscopy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 989-992

  Power, C K ^a,b   Buggy, D ^a   Keogh, J ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complications, acute superior vena caval syndrome; Surgery, mediastinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030723015     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.209-az0343.x     Document Type: Article

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