Emergency airway management in a case of lingual haematoma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 408-409

  Shaw, R J ^a   McNaughton, Gordon W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency airway management; Lingual haematoma

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FATALITY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONGUE DISEASE;

EID: 0035682899     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.18.5.408     Document Type: Article

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