Blunt laryngeal trauma in children: Case report and review of initial airway management

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 370-373

  Losek, Joseph D ^a,b   Tecklenburg, Fred W ^a   White, David R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Pediatric Emergency/Critical Care Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt neck trauma; Laryngeal injury

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; LANSOPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GLOTTIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACERATION; LARYNX INJURY; MALE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOTOMY; VITAL SIGN; VOICE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NECK INJURIES; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 66149161779     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318177a78a     Document Type: Article

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