E-cigarette blast injury: Complex facial fractures and pneumocephalus

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 805-807

  Archambeau, Benjamin A ^a   Young, Stephanie ^a   Lee, Carol ^a   Pennington, Troy ^a   Vanderbeek, Christopher ^b   Miulli, Dan ^a   Culhane, John ^a   Neeki, Michael ^a  

^a ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrowhead regional medical center; Battery; E cig; E cigarette; Electronic cigarette; Explosion; Lithium ion battery; Pneumocephalus; Smoke; Smoking; Vape; Vaping; Vaporizor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPISTAXIS; FACE FRACTURE; FACE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE FRACTURE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLAST INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; FACIAL BONE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE;

BLAST INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FACIAL BONES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 84995482310     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.7.31354     Document Type: Article

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