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Acute upper airway obstruction due to tonsillitis necessitating emergency cricothyroidotomy
A 17-year-old man was admitted to Accident & Emergency out of hours with unilateral tonsillar enlargement covering more than 75% of his oropharyngeal inlet. He appeared calm and stable on initial presentation, but in a short span of time rapidly deteriorated, leading to near complete airway obst...
Autores principales: | Ravindran, Binu, Korandiarkunnel Paul, Feby, Vyakarnam, Prasad |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319967/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34321261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242500 |
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