Persistent, severe post-thrombolysis angioedema: Simple management of a difficult problem

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 721-724

  Foreman, Andrew ^a   He, Tara ^a   Chan, Yvonne ^a   Gilbert, Ralph ^a   Gullane, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BITE BLOCK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MACROGLOSSIA; MIDDLE AGED; OROLINGUAL ANGIOEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE EDEMA; TONGUE SWELLING; TRACHEOSTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; TONGUE DISEASES;

ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 84940614310     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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