Using helium-oxygen mixtures in the management of acute upper airway obstruction

Can Med Assoc J. 1983 Mar 1;128(5):555-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Airway Obstruction / etiology
  • Airway Obstruction / therapy*
  • Female
  • Helium / administration & dosage
  • Helium / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Male
  • Models, Structural
  • Oxygen / administration & dosage
  • Oxygen / therapeutic use*
  • Radiation Injuries / complications
  • Respiratory Therapy*
  • Work of Breathing / drug effects

Substances

  • Helium
  • Oxygen