title: Acute airway obstruction as a complication of untreated achalasia.
authors.affiliation: Section on Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. joeshealy@gmail.com
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D018662:Fundoplication; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000601:surgery; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy