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Laryngeal spasm after general anaesthesia due to A scaris lumbricoides
Author(s) -
FINSNES K.D.
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1111/aas.12128
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , medicine , general anaesthesia , anesthesia , airway obstruction , surgery , airway , helminths , immunology
Postoperative upper airway obstruction during recovery from general anaesthesia may have several causes. This is a report of a young girl who developed laryngeal spasm as a result of an ectopic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides .