Angioedema of the airway: An unusual case

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Roper, A J ^a,b   Farragher, A ^a   Homer, J J ^a   Helbert, M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Angioneurotic Edema; Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor; Local Anesthetic Allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PALLOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURE; TONGUE SWELLING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LISINOPRIL; MALE;

EID: 34447633172     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002221510700878X     Document Type: Article

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