Laryngeal edema and vocal cord paralysis due to lithium battery ingestion; A case report

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 956-958

  Nagao, Namiko ^a   Kaneko, Takaho ^a   Hikawa, Yoshio ^a   Yanagihara, Satoko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ingestion; Laryngeal edema; Lithium battery; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LITHIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WHEEZING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; LITHIUM; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 34548050726     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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