| Literature DB >> 2627206 |
A Hasan1, J McGuigan, M D Morgan, H R Matthews.
Abstract
A patient with obstructive sleep apnoea sufficiently severe to cause papilloedema was managed temporarily with a minitracheotomy. This allowed arterial oxygen saturation to return to normal while he lost weight, before surgery for his enlarged tonsills.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2627206 PMCID: PMC461759 DOI: 10.1136/thx.44.3.224
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139