Title: Acute neck swelling: A diagnostic dilemma in a regional hospital.
Authors: Pedersen, Alan
Abstract: This 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.
Subjects: DEGLUTITION disorders; INFECTION treatment; LARYNX injuries; METRONIDAZOLE; NECK radiography; GENTAMICIN; EDEMA; RESPIRATORY obstructions; PHARYNX abnormalities; FOREIGN bodies; AMPICILLIN; ACTIVE oxygen in the body; DIABETES; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; EMERGENCY medical services; GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux; HYPERTENSION; LARYNGOSCOPY; TACHYCARDIA; TRACHEA intubation; IRBESARTAN; DRUG side effects; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE risk factors; THERAPEUTICS
Publication: Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2010, Vol 22, Issue 3, p246
ISSN: 1742-6731
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01292.x

Acute neck swelling: A diagnostic dilemma in a regional hospital.

Pedersen, Alan