A retropharyngeal-mediastinal hematoma with supraglottic and tracheal obstruction: The role of multidisciplinary airway management

A retropharyngeal-mediastinal hematoma with supraglottic and tracheal obstruction: The role of multidisciplinary airway management

A 77-year-old man suffered hypoxemic cardiac arrest by supraglottic and tracheal airway obstruction in the emergency department. A previously unknown cervical fracture had caused a traumatic retropharyngeal-mediastinal hematoma. A lifesaving surgical emergency tracheostomy succeeded. Supraglottic an...

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Main Authors: Birkholz Torsten, Kröber Stefanie, Knorr Christian, Schiele Albert, Bumm Klaus, Schmidt Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Subjects:
Airway obstruction
endotracheal
emergency medicine
intubation
tracheostomy
trauma center
Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2010;volume=3;issue=4;spage=409;epage=411;aulast=Birkholz

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