Cardiac arrest with retropharyngeal hematoma caused by minor facial injuries from a ground level fall

Background: Traumatic retropharyngeal hematoma followed by airway obstruction is extremely rare. In this report, we show unique images from two cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to airway obstruction caused by massive retropharyngeal hematoma after a minor facial injury. Case presentation:...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Nishimura, Yukihide Nakatani, Masafumi Suga, Shota Kikuta, Keitaro Tada, Satoshi Ishihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Trauma Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644023001474