Neck haematoma and airway obstruction in a patient with goitre: Complication of internal jugular vein cannulation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 626-629

  Silva, Fernanda Santos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Complications; Goitre; Haematoma; Jugular vein cannulation; Ultrasound guided cannulation

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037961592     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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