Floppy epiglottis as a contraindication of cpap in patients with multiple system atrophy

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1841-1842

  Shimohata, T ^a   Tomita, M ^b   Nakayama, H ^c   Aizawa, N ^b   Ozawa, T ^a   Nishizawa, M ^a  

^a Niigata University   (Japan)

^b Division of Otolaryngology   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FLOPPY EPIGLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX STENOSIS; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79958079997     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821ccd07     Document Type: Article

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