Blood-but not a bleeding-at a tracheotomy site: A case of Munchausen's syndrome

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 677-679

  Patenaude, Bart ^a   Zitsch III, Robert ^a   Hirschi, Scot D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PANIC; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOTOMY; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

EID: 33947695629     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608501020     Document Type: Article

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