Acute airway obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides in a 14-month-old boy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1795-1798

  Gan, Richard Wei Chern ^a   Gohil, Rohit ^b   Belfield, Katherine ^c   Davies, Patrick ^b   Daniel, Matija ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Child; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MEBENDAZOLE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE NASOENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLOVAKIA; STRIDOR; SUCTION; SUPRAGLOTTITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DEXAMETHASONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE;

EID: 84907993663     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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