Delayed upper airway obstruction. A life-threatening complication of Dettol poisoning

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-263

  Joynt, G M ^a   Ho, K M ^a   Gomersall, C D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Airway; obstruction; Complications; poisoning; Intubation; nasotracheal, fibreoptic

Indexed keywords

CHLOROXYLENOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031050934     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.071-az0070.x     Document Type: Article

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