Emergency surgery for acute respiratory failure secondary to spontaneous thyroid hemorrhage

International Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Testini, Mario ^a,b   Gurrado, Angela ^a   Lissidini, Germana ^a   Lardo, Domenica ^a   Poli, Elisabetta ^a   Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Emergency thyroidectomy; Thyroid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; THYROID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51149118039     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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