RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Emergency airway management in a case of lingual haematoma
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 408
OP 409
DO 10.1136/emj.18.5.408
VO 18
IS 5
A1 Shaw, R J
A1 McNaughton, G W
YR 2001
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/18/5/408.abstract
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.