Images in emergency medicine. Unusual cause of suffocation in an asthmatic adult patient

Emerg Med J. 2010 Nov;27(11):842. doi: 10.1136/emj.2008.067157. Epub 2010 Apr 8.

Authors

M A El-Tarchichi¹, M F Yafi, A H Debek

Affiliation

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Kingdom Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 20378748
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.067157

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Airway Obstruction / complications
Asphyxia / etiology*
Asthma / complications*
Deglutition
Emergency Service, Hospital
Endoscopy
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Plant Leaves*