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The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume 13, Issue 2, March–April 1995, Pages 165-167
The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Clinical communication
Traumatic retropharyngeal hematoma—A cause of acute airway obstruction

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Abstract

Blunt trauma causing a retropharyngeal hematoma without an associated cervical fracture is a relatively rare occurrence. This article presents the case of a patient with airway compromise from a retropharyngeal hematoma, and discusses the diagnosis, airway management, and treatment of this condition.

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Clinical Communications (Adults) is coordinated by Ron M. Walls, md, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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