Spontaneous cervical hemorrhage with near-complete airway obstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-353

  Chin, Kenley W ^a   Sercarz, Joel A ^a,b   Wang, Marilene B ^a   Andrews, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Cervical exploration; Hematoma; Parapharyngeal space; Retropharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031940095     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199807)20:4<350::AID-HED10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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