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Chemical Burn-Induced Corrosive Epiglottitis in an Elderly Patient with Major Depression
Acute epiglottitis (AE) is a potential emergency of the respiratory tract caused mainly by bacterial infection. However, nonbacterial infection causes, such as corrosive injuries, may result in death due to gastrointestinal perforation if a timely diagnosis is not available. We report the case of an...
Autores principales: | Lu, Ang, Hsu, Cheng-Ming, Tsai, Yao-Te, Tsai, Ming-Shao, Chang, Geng-He |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36983959 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030804 |
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