PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shaw, R J
AU  - McNaughton, G W
TI  - Emergency airway management in a case of lingual haematoma
AID  - 10.1136/emj.18.5.408
DP  - 2001 Sep 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 408--409
VI  - 18
IP  - 5
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/18/5/408.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/18/5/408.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2001 Sep 01; 18
AB  - A previously unreported cause of acute tongue swelling is presented and the airway issues discussed. Cases with different aetiology have been sporadically published however the consequent, and sometimes fatal, airway obstructions have been dealt with somewhat variably. The aetiogy of acute tongue swelling and modern emergency airway algorithms are discussed with reference to the literature.