Tension pneumo-orbitus and pneumocephalus induced by a nasal oxygen cannula: Report on two paediatric cases

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 511-514

  O'Brien, B J ^a,b   Rosenfeld, J V ^a,b,c   Elder, J E ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Australia)

^d Ophthalmology Department   (France)

Author keywords

Nasal cannula; Pneumo orbitus; Pneumocephalus; Trauma

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SINUSITIS;

CATHETERIZATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT; ORBITAL DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUSES; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033803377     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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