Life-threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema.
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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Department of Paediatrics, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway. eirik.skogvoll@medisin.ntnu.no
Grammeltvedt
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Aadahl
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Mostad
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Slørdahl
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D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000150:complications*