Esophageal Rupture With the Use of the Combitube: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1041-1044

  Bagheri, Shahrokh C ^a   Stockmaster, Neil ^b   Delgado, Gregory ^c   Kademani, Deepak ^d   Carter, Todd G ^e   Ramzy, Ameen ^f   Dierks, Eric J ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic ^*

^d Legacy Emanuel Hospital   (United States)

^e LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; RESUSCITATION; RUPTURE; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 41949096029     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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