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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2010
Case ReportsAcute neck swelling: a diagnostic dilemma in a regional hospital.
- Alan Pedersen.
- Rural Clinical School, University of Newcastle, Taree, New South Wales, Australia. alan.pedersen@newcastle.edu.au
- Emerg Med Australas. 2010 Jun 1;22(3):246-8.
AbstractThis case study describes an incident of acute neck swelling in a patient presenting to the ED of a regional hospital after hours. Maintaining and securing her airway proved to be challenging, as did arriving at the correct cause of her airway obstruction and neck swelling.
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