A case of retropharyngeal emphysema as a complication of pneumothorax

Retropharyngeal emphysema is a rare condition, and it is important to determine whether the patient presents with complications including pneumomediastinum or other severe clinical presentations such as an upper airway obstruction. In such cases, patients should undergo urgent tracheostomy and surgi...

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Autores principales: Suda, Tsuyoshi, Yoneda, Tomoaki, Ichikawa, Yukari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3554
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description Retropharyngeal emphysema is a rare condition, and it is important to determine whether the patient presents with complications including pneumomediastinum or other severe clinical presentations such as an upper airway obstruction. In such cases, patients should undergo urgent tracheostomy and surgical neck drainage with concurrent administration of broad‐spectrum antibiotics.
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spelling pubmed-78131032021-01-22 A case of retropharyngeal emphysema as a complication of pneumothorax Suda, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Yukari Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Retropharyngeal emphysema is a rare condition, and it is important to determine whether the patient presents with complications including pneumomediastinum or other severe clinical presentations such as an upper airway obstruction. In such cases, patients should undergo urgent tracheostomy and surgical neck drainage with concurrent administration of broad‐spectrum antibiotics. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7813103/ /pubmed/33489225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3554 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A case of retropharyngeal emphysema as a complication of pneumothorax
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3554
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