Lingual hematoma as a potential cause of upper airway obstruction

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1573-1575

  Kaynar, A Murat ^a   Bhavani Shankar, Kodali ^a,b   Mushlin, Phillip S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; TONGUE DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032703934     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199912000-00050     Document Type: Article

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