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Emergencies in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

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Emergencies in otorhinolaryngology may be focused on two major issues: acute respiratory distress secondary to the upper respiratory way obstructions and intractable epistaxis.

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  1. University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

    Pierre Guarino MD, Matteo Alicandri-Ciufelli MD & Livio Presutti MD

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  1. Emergency and Trauma Surgery Service, C.A. Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio

  2. Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

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  3. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

    Luca Ansaloni

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    Federico Coccolini

  5. Trauma, Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    George Velmahos

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Guarino, P., Alicandri-Ciufelli, M., Presutti, L. (2017). Emergencies in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. In: Di Saverio, S., Catena, F., Ansaloni, L., Coccolini, F., Velmahos, G. (eds) Acute Care Surgery Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_6

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