Emergency care in facial trauma - A maxillofacial and ophthalmic perspective

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 875-896

  Perry, Michael ^a   Dancey, Anne ^b   Mireskandari, Kamiar ^c   Oakley, Peter ^b   Davies, Simon ^b   Cameron, Malcolm ^d  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Blindness; Embolisation; Emergency airway; Emergency surgery; Epistaxis; Facial injury; Facial trauma; Life threatening haemorrhage; Vision threatening injury

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CIRCULATION; EDEMA; EYELID; FACE INJURY; FIRST AID; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; NECK; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 22144455374     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.09.018     Document Type: Review

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