Severe postoperative laryngeal oedema causing total airway obstruction immediately on extubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 644-646

  Dark, A ^a   Armstrong, T ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway, obstruction; Complications, laryngeal oedema; Intubation tracheal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; LIPOSUCTION; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0033064134     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.4.644     Document Type: Article

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