Airway obstruction caused by massive swelling of the tongue following bilateral tonsillectomy for sleep apnea syndrome

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 464-467

  Tanaka, Naoko ^a   Ibuki, Takae ^a   Araki, Akiho ^a   Yamane, Takero ^a   Tanaka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS); Tongue swelling; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE SWELLING; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONGUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33646094701     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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