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Life‐threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema
Author(s) -
Skogvoll E.,
Grammeltvedt A.T.,
Aadahl P.,
Mostad U.,
Slørdahl S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045003393.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , airway obstruction , airway , subcutaneous emphysema , acute respiratory failure , obstructive lung disease , respiratory failure , anesthesia , surgery , pulmonary disease , complication , mechanical ventilation
A 2 1 / 2 ‐year‐old boy with acute obstructive lung disease from adenovirus infection developed cough‐induced paroxysms of intense dyspnoea leading to respiratory failure. Chest x‐ray and fluoroscopy demonstrated retropharyngeal air occluding the airway. The clinical management of this and similar air‐leak problems is discussed.