منابع مشابه
External compression of a nasotracheal tube due to the displaced bony fragments of multiple LeFort fractures.
AIRWAY obstruction is a recognized life-threatening complication of facial fractures. Approximately 27% of patients who present with LeFort fractures require a tracheostorny or a tracheal intubation for the management of airway obstruction or respiratory depression. ' However, obstruction of a secured endotracheal tube caused by external compression of the fracture fragments has not been report...
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*Dept di Science Motorie, University of Genova, I-16132 Genova, Italy. +Division de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Since the early studies with inert gas dilution techniques, it has been known that residual volume and functional residual capacity are increased in patients with pulmonary emphysema [1] or acute asthma [2]. These findings were...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198703000-00004