Survival from accidental strangulation from a scarf resulting in laryngeal rupture and carotid artery stenosis: The "Isadora Duncan syndrome". A case report and review of literature

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-393

  Gowens, P A ^a   Davenport, R J ^b   Kerr, J ^c   Sanderson, R J ^c   Marsden, A K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISADORA DUNCAN SYNDROME; LARYNX INJURY; LARYNX SURGERY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; STRANGULATION; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037961121     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.4.391     Document Type: Article

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