Asymptomatic lingual tonsillar hypertrophy and difficult airway management: A report of three cases

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1020-1024

  Davies, Sharon ^a   Ananthanarayan, Chidambaram ^a   Castro, Carmencita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GLOTTIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSIL DISEASE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035691352     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016594     Document Type: Article

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