Cricoarytenoid arthritis: A cause of acute upper airway obstruction in rheumatoid arthritis

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 729-732

  Kolman, Jacelyn ^a   Morris, Ian ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; FOLIC ACID; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COLOSTOMY; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036700337     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017454     Document Type: Article

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