Management of life-threatening airway obstruction caused by benign thyroid disease

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1038-1041

  Kadhim, Abdul Latif ^a,b   Sheahan, P ^a   Timon, C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway Obstruction; Thyroid Gland; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GOITER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33846343887     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106003045     Document Type: Article

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