Severe upper airway obstruction due to delayed retropharyngeal hematoma formation following blunt cervical trauma

BACKGROUND: We report a case of severe upper airway obstruction due to a retropharyngeal hematoma that presented nearly one day after a precipitating traumatic injury. Retropharyngeal hematomas are rare, but may cause life-threatening airway compromise. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50 year-old man developed...

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Autores principales: Lazott, Laurie W, Ponzo, John A, Puana, Rudolph B, Artz, Katie S, Ciceri, David P, Culp, William C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1828150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17352800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-7-2

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