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A case of acute upper and lower airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal haemorrhage secondary to acquired haemophilia A.

Harper M, Obolensky L, Roberts P, Mercer M

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon TQ2 7AA, UK. mwharper@doctors.org.uk

We report the first known case of acute upper and lower airway obstruction due to retropharyngeal haemorrhage secondary to acquired haemophilia A. The patient required tracheal intubation and ventilation followed by surgical tracheostomy, prior to transfer to the intensive care unit for management of her coagulopathy with recombinant clotting factor products under the care of the haematologists.

Published 17 May 2007 in Anaesthesia, 62(6): 627-30.
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