Angina bullosa haemorrhagica presenting as acute upper airway obstruction

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Pahl, Clemens ^a   Yarrow, S ^a   Steventon, N ^a   Saeed, N R ^a   Dyar, O ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Anaesthetic techniques, fibreoptic laryngoscopy; Complications, angina bullosa haemorrhagica; Intubation, tracheal; Surgery, tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BECLOMETASONE; CHLORHEXIDINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANGINA BULLOSA HEMORRHAGICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0742324378     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh029     Document Type: Article

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