Achalasia: an unusual cause of airway obstruction

Achalasia is a disorder of the lower oesophageal sphincter and the smooth musculature of the oesophageal body. Although oesophageal obstruction is common, concurrent airway obstruction is exceptional. A case is presented of a 79-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department requiring intubatio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inEmergency medicine journal : EMJ Vol. 26; no. 2; p. 148
Main Authors Bruijns, S R, Hicks, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine 01.02.2009
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Aged
Airway management
Airway Obstruction - diagnostic imaging
Airway Obstruction - etiology
Consciousness
Emergency services
Esophageal Achalasia - complications
Esophageal Achalasia - diagnostic imaging
Female
Food
Humans
Patients
Radiography
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Achalasia is a disorder of the lower oesophageal sphincter and the smooth musculature of the oesophageal body. Although oesophageal obstruction is common, concurrent airway obstruction is exceptional. A case is presented of a 79-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department requiring intubation following out-of-hospital airway obstruction and subsequent respiratory arrest.
Bibliography:PMID:19164636
istex:7D22179DCCBED1D6E68239D56768486FB881D3A5
local:emermed;26/2/148
href:emermed-26-148.pdf
ArticleID:em63982
ark:/67375/NVC-KRN7R9G4-X
ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.2008.063982