Bilateral vocal cord palsy following endotracheal intubation: A case report

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 562-564

  Cherian, Anusha ^a   Balachander, Hemavathy ^a   Nagappa, Mahesh ^a   Rajagopal, Vanitha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Neurotoxic Krait snake bite; Pseudolaryngeal paralysis; Vocal cord palsy

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOCAL CORD EDEMA; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 78149345283     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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