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Respiratory obstruction of unusual origin
Author(s) -
HINE I.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01814.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , airway obstruction , propellant , tongue , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , surgery , anatomy , pathology , aerospace engineering , engineering
Summary Inadvertent exposure at close range to a jet of propellant gas escaping from an aerosol container produced severe and rapidly‐developing oedema of the face, tongue and oropharynx of the victim. Emergency tracheostomy was necessary to maintain an airway.