Massive postoperative swelling of the tongue: Manual decompression and tactile intubation as a life-saving measure

Resuscitation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-220

  Piper, S N ^a   Maleck, W H ^a   Kumle, B ^a   Deschner, E ^a   Boldt, J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Cricothyroidotomy; Emergency treatment; Intubation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIPOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0033959793     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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