Perioperative Acute Upper Airway Obstruction Secondary to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 916-919

  Segebarth, P Bradley ^a   Limbird, Thomas J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; cricoarytenoid; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRICOARYTENOID ARTHRITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MALE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34548446242     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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