Plastic bronchitis mimicking foreign body aspiration that needs a specific diagnostic procedure

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Noizet, O ^a   Leclerc, F ^a   Leteurtre, S ^a   Brichet, A ^a   Pouessel, G ^a   Dorkenoo, A ^a   Fourier, C ^a   Cremer, R ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airways foreign body; Cast bronchitis; Plastic bronchitis; Pneumomediastinum; Status asthmaticus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; FOSFOMYCIN; MIDAZOLAM; PANCURONIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0037303403     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1610-1     Document Type: Article

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