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Acute epiglottitis complicating an emphysematous abscess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Hung-Wen Chang ,
Wen-Jiun Lin  and
Sung-Yuan Hu
Hung-Wen Chang*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dajia Lee's General Hospital, Lee's Medical Corporation, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Wen-Jiun Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Sung-Yuan Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University , Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University , Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Department of Nursing, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
*
No. 160, Sec. 3, Chung-Kang Road, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China 00407; [email protected]

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Keywords

acute epiglottitiscomputed tomographyemphysematous abscess
Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 185 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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