Airway burns and atelectasis in an adolescent following aspiration of molten wax

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 687-689

  Einav, Sharon ^a   Braverman, Itzhak ^a   Avital, Avraham ^a   Yatsiv, Ido ^a   Rothschild, Moshe ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airway; Aspiration; Atelectasis; Burn; Caustic ingestion; Scald; Thermal injury; Wax

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ATELECTASIS; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033938638     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900714     Document Type: Article

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