[Rare complications during the treatment of retropharyngeal abscess].
In the Province Integrated Hospital in Czestochowa a 2-year-old child was treated for a retropharyngeal abscess on the left side. During the treatment complication developed in the form of haemorrhage caused by damage to a large retropharyngeal artery, and cardiac arrest due to plugging of the glottis and trachea with mucus.
Zółciński
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L
Scheller-Suchańska
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E
Izydorczyk
G
G
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012151:Resuscitation
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