Fatal postoperative airway obstruction in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 512-513

  Lehmann, Thomas ^a   Nef, Walter ^a   Stalder, Beat ^a   Thomson, Dick ^a   Gerber, Niklaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRICOARYTHENOID ARTHRITIS; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX INJURY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030882619     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.9.512     Document Type: Article

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