Upper-airway obstruction as a complication of oral anticoagulation therapy

We treated a patient for warfarin-induced sublingual hematoma causing upper-airway obstruction. This complication of oral anticoagulation therapy is rare; only three other cases have been reported in the English literature. All reported patients developed acute respiratory embarrassment necessitatin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critical care medicine 1986-09, Vol.14 (9), p.830-831
Hauptverfasser: DUONG, TONG C, BURTCH, GORDON D, SHATNEY, CLAYTON H
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Zusammenfassung:We treated a patient for warfarin-induced sublingual hematoma causing upper-airway obstruction. This complication of oral anticoagulation therapy is rare; only three other cases have been reported in the English literature. All reported patients developed acute respiratory embarrassment necessitating emergency airway establishment. Sublingual hematomas usually resolve spontaneously, and surgical drainage is rarely necessary.
ISSN:0090-3493
1530-0293
DOI:10.1097/00003246-198609000-00016