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Upper airway obstruction caused by massive subcutaneous emphysema

✍ Scribed by R. T. N. Gibney; B. Finnegan; M. X. FitzGerald; V. Lynch

Publisher
Springer
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
129 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
1432-1238

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✦ Synopsis

Acute upper airway obstruction is a potentially life-threatening event. The most common causes include foreign body inhalation, thermal injury, inflammation, angioedema and trauma. Airway obstruction caused by submucosal extension of subcutaneous emphysema has only been previously reported once. We report the case of a patient who suffered a respiratory arrest as a result of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal swelling associated with massive subcutaneous emphysema.

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