Dexamethasone as an adjunct in oropharyngeal obstruction in a patient with leukemia.
Incipient airway obstruction due to fulminating bacterial infection of pharyngeal tissues requires prompt and definitive intervention. A case is presented in which dexamethasone was a key adjunct to antibiotic therapy in averting this problem in a severely neutropenic patient with acute leukemia.
Barrett
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AP
Department of Medicine, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone