Airway Management of the Patient with Maxillofacial Trauma: Review of the Literature and Suggested Clinical Approach
Joint Authors
Barak, Michal
Bahouth, Hany
Leiser, Yoav
Abu El-Naaj, Imad
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
According to the Advanced Trauma Life Support recommendations for managing patients with life-threatening injuries, securing the airway is the first task of a primary caregiver.
Airway management of patients with maxillofacial trauma is complex and crucial because it can dictate a patient’s survival.
Securing the airway of patients with maxillofacial trauma is often extremely difficult because the trauma involves the patient’s airway and their breathing is compromised.
In these patients, mask ventilation and endotracheal intubation are anticipated to be difficult.
Additionally, some of these patients may not yet have been cleared of a cervical spine injury, and all are regarded as having a full stomach and having an increased risk of regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration.
The requirements of the intended maxillofacial operation may often preclude the use of an oral intubation tube, and alternative methods for securing the airway should be considered before the start of the surgery.
In order to improve the clinical outcome of patients with maxillofacial trauma, cooperation between maxillofacial surgeons, anesthesiologists, and trauma specialists is needed.
In this review, we discuss the complexity and difficulties of securing the airway of patients with maxillofacial trauma and present our approach for airway management of such patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barak, Michal& Bahouth, Hany& Leiser, Yoav& Abu El-Naaj, Imad. 2015. Airway Management of the Patient with Maxillofacial Trauma: Review of the Literature and Suggested Clinical Approach. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056512
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barak, Michal…[et al.]. Airway Management of the Patient with Maxillofacial Trauma: Review of the Literature and Suggested Clinical Approach. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056512
American Medical Association (AMA)
Barak, Michal& Bahouth, Hany& Leiser, Yoav& Abu El-Naaj, Imad. Airway Management of the Patient with Maxillofacial Trauma: Review of the Literature and Suggested Clinical Approach. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056512
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056512