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Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma
We described the case of 75 years old male patient with an airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal hematoma that developed after a minor blunt trauma to the face. The patient was not taking any anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents and did not have any coagulopathy. This case report indicates that...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100442 |
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| author | Kitai, Yuya Sato, Ryota |
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| description | We described the case of 75 years old male patient with an airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal hematoma that developed after a minor blunt trauma to the face. The patient was not taking any anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents and did not have any coagulopathy. This case report indicates that emergency physicians must be aware of the risk of delayed airway obstruction in elderly patients regardless of whether the patient is using anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents. |
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| spelling | pubmed-79075312021-03-03 Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma Kitai, Yuya Sato, Ryota Trauma Case Rep Case Report We described the case of 75 years old male patient with an airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal hematoma that developed after a minor blunt trauma to the face. The patient was not taking any anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents and did not have any coagulopathy. This case report indicates that emergency physicians must be aware of the risk of delayed airway obstruction in elderly patients regardless of whether the patient is using anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents. Elsevier 2021-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7907531/ /pubmed/33665328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100442 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Kitai, Yuya Sato, Ryota Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title | Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title_full | Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title_fullStr | Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title_short | Delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| title_sort | delayed retropharyngeal hematoma following a minor facial blunt trauma |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100442 |
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