Postoperative airway obstruction: A complication of a previously undiagnosed hypothyroidism

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-344

  Benfari, Guido ^a   De Vincentiis, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE; RANITIDINE;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; STRIDOR; VOCAL CORD; MYXEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; MALE; MYXEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 14744274923     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.09.042     Document Type: Article

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