Nasogastric tube syndrome: The unilateral variant

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-46

  Nehru, Vikas Inder Nath ^a   Al Shammari, Hussein Jasser ^b   Jaffer, Abdul Mohsen ^b  

^a AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Larynx; Nasogastric tube; Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRICOID; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; STOMACH INTUBATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOCAL CORD;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0037255322     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068162     Document Type: Article

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