Clinical review: Post-extubation laryngeal edema and extubation failure in critically ill adult patients

Laryngeal edema is a frequent complication of intubation. It often presents shortly after extubation as post-extubation stridor and results from damage to the mucosa of the larynx. Mucosal damage is caused by pressure and ischemia resulting in an inflammatory response. Laryngeal edema may compromise...

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Autores principales: Wittekamp, Bastiaan HJ, van Mook, Walther NKA, Tjan, Dave HT, Zwaveling, Jan Harm, Bergmans, Dennis CJJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20017891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8142

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