An interesting complication of the Heimlich manoeuvre

Resuscitation

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-131

  Nowitz, A ^a,b   Lewer, B M F ^a   Galletly, D C ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foreign body aspiration; Heimlich manoeuvre; Paediatric; Surgical emphysema

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPHYSEMA; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INGESTION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; EMPHYSEMA; FIRST AID; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM;

EID: 0032424157     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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