cafe coronary

café coronary

Vallecular dysphagia Emergency medicine Complete and abrupt upper airway obstruction by a bolus of food, often meat, which occludes the esophagus and larynx, so named as the sudden onset of Sx simulates acute MI; CC victims are speechless, breathless and, without help–eg Heimlich maneuver–lifeless At-risk groups Inebriated, bedentured, mentally retarded, demented, gluttonous Clinical Violent coughing, cyanosis, collapse, death. Cf Steakhouse syndrome, Sushi syncope.