Airway management in maxillofacial trauma: Do we really need tracheostomy/ submental intubation

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 77-79

  Mittal, Geeta ^a   Mittal, Rajinder K ^a   Katyal, Sunil ^a   Uppal, Sanjeev ^a   Mittal, Varun ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Airway management; Maxillofacial trauma; Naso tracheal intubation; Oro tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FISTULA; TOOTH INJURY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896459006     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/7861.4112     Document Type: Article

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