Upper airway obstruction by sublingual hematoma: A complication of anticoagulation therapy with acenocoumarol

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-132

  González García, Raúl ^a,b   Schoendorff, Guillermo ^a   Muñoz Guerra, Mario F ^a   Rodríguez Campo, Francisco J ^a   Naval Gías, Luis ^a   Sastre Pérez, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL HEMATOMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ACENOCOUMAROL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33144468216     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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