Acute upper airway failure and mediastinal emphysema following a wire-guided percutaneous cricothyrotomy in a patient with severe maxillofacial trauma

BACKGROUND: In the presence of severe maxillofacial trauma, management of the airway is important because this condition poses a significant threat to airway patency. That securing the airway is not always straightforward is described and illustrated in this paper. CASE: We present the case of a 23-...

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Autores principales: Barkhuysen, R., Merkx, M. A. W., van Damme, P. A., Buyne, O. R., van den Hoogen, F. J. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18600359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10006-008-0095-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18600359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10006-008-0095-7

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