Life-threatening upper airway obstruction caused by oxygen administration with a nasal catheter

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 266-268

  Ickx, Brigitte E ^a   Lamesch, François ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Clinic of Fertility   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complications; Emphysema; Oxygen therapy; Postoperative; Respiratory stridor

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 0033964850     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200001000-00041     Document Type: Article

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