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A retropharyngeal–mediastinal hematoma with supraglottic and tracheal obstruction: The role of multidisciplinary airway management

A 77-year-old man suffered hypoxemic cardiac arrest by supraglottic and tracheal airway obstruction in the emergency department. A previously unknown cervical fracture had caused a traumatic retropharyngeal–mediastinal hematoma. A lifesaving surgical emergency tracheostomy succeeded. Supraglottic an...

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Autores principales: Birkholz, Torsten, Kröber, Stefanie, Knorr, Christian, Schiele, Albert, Bumm, Klaus, Schmidt, Joachim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21063569
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.70776