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Prediction of difficult airway management in traumatic cervical spine injury: influence of retropharyngeal space extension

BACKGROUND: Retropharyngeal hematoma following cervical spine trauma may lead to life-threatening upper airway obstruction and difficult airway management. This retrospective study was performed to investigate whether the extension of retropharyngeal space (RPS) was associated with difficult intubat...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jeongwoo, Kim, Jeong Seob, Kang, Sehrin, Shin, Yu Seob, Doo, A Ram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31190847
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S195216