Tongue engorgement with prolonged use of the esophageal-tracheal combitube

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-322

  McGlinch, Brian P ^a,b   Martin, David P ^a   Volcheck, Gerald W ^a   Carmichael, Stephen W ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; TONGUE DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 4544335114     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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