Airway obstruction by Ascaris, roundworm in a burned child

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 673-675

  Lapid, Oren ^a   Krieger, Yuval ^a   Bernstein, Tamar ^a   Sofer, Shaul ^a   Rsenberg, Lior ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Ascaris; Burn; Intubation; Unusual complications

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; WORM INFECTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LARYNGOSCOPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033231816     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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