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Case Reports
. 2001 Mar;45(3):393-5.
doi: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045003393.x.

Life-threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema

E Skogvoll  1 , A T Grammeltvedt, P Aadahl, U Mostad, S Slørdahl
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Case Reports

Life-threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema

E Skogvoll et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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