http://emssa.org.za Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:19:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://emssa.org.za/achalasia-an-unusual-cause-of-airway-obstruction/ http://emssa.org.za/achalasia-an-unusual-cause-of-airway-obstruction/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:50:03 +0000 Michele Twomey http://emssa.org.za/?p=281 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.

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