Traumatic Retropharyngeal Hematoma in a Patient Taking Clopidogrel.

Autor: Betten DP; Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Sparrow Health System Lansing, Michigan, USA., Jaquint JL; Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Sparrow Health System Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Case reports in emergency medicine [Case Rep Emerg Med] 2018 Aug 13; Vol. 2018, pp. 6147473. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 13 (Print Publication: 2018).
DOI: 10.1155/2018/6147473
Abstrakt: The development of a retropharyngeal hematoma may lead to acute airway compromise requiring emergent airway stabilization. We describe the development of a retropharyngeal hematoma in an elderly woman who sustained a fall from standing approximately 10 hours prior to symptom onset who was taking the antiplatelet agents clopidogrel and aspirin. This delayed onset of rapid airway compromise secondary to a retropharyngeal hematoma following a fall in a patient taking clopidogrel is an unusual and potentially life threatening event.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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