An unusual cause of respiratory distress: Live leech in the larynx

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1227-1228

  Pandey, Chandra Kant ^a   Sharma, Ravindra ^a   Baronia, Arvind ^a   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Singh, Namita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LARYNX STENOSIS; LEECH; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

EID: 0034016879     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200005000-00044     Document Type: Article

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