Relief of imminent respiratory failure from upper airway obstruction by use of helium-oxygen: a case series and brief review.

Acad Emerg Med

Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA.

Published: September 1999

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