Acute Upper Airway Obstruction

N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 14;381(20):1940-1949. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1811697.

Authors

Antoine Eskander¹, John R de Almeida¹, Jonathan C Irish¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (A.E., J.R.A., J.C.I.) and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation (A.E., J.R.A.), University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Michael Garron Hospital (A.E.), the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (A.E.), and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (J.R.A., J.C.I.) - all in Toronto.

PMID: 31722154
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1811697

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Airway Obstruction / diagnosis
Airway Obstruction / etiology
Airway Obstruction / therapy*
Algorithms
Croup / complications
Croup / drug therapy
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngeal Diseases / complications
Physical Examination
Respiratory System / anatomy & histology
Respiratory System / injuries
Supraglottitis / complications
Vocal Cord Paralysis / complications