Asymptomatic near-total airway obstruction by a cylindrical tracheal foreign body

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-277

  Mathiasen, Ronald A ^a   Cruz, Raul M ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Bronchoscopy; Mitomycin C; Tracheal foreign body

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METAL; MITOMYCIN C; NAFCILLIN; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X RAY PICTURE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TRACHEA;

EID: 13444302690     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154732.16034.83     Document Type: Review

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