CHAPTER 14
Head, Eye, Ear, Nose,
and Throat Emergencies
Manon Kwon, MD
Ear 661
OTITISEXTERNA(SWIMMER’SEAR) 661
ACUTEOTITISMEDIA 661
AURICULARHEMATOMA 663
EARFOREIGNBODIES 663
TYMPANICMEMBRANEPERFORATION 664
HEARINGLOSS 665
Nose 666
EPISTAXIS 666
POSTERIOREPISTAXIS 667
FOREIGNBODY 668
Facial Trauma 668
NASALFRACTURE 668
BASILARSKULLFRACTURE 670
ORBITALBLOWOUTFRACTURE 671
MANDIBLEFRACTURE 672
MANDIBULARDISLOCATION 673
ZYGOMATICO-MAXILLARY-ORBITALCOMPLEXFRACTURE 674
Midface Fractures 675
LEFORTFRACTURES 675
CAVERNOUSSINUSTHROMBOSIS 677
Salivary Gland Problems 678
SIALOADENITIS 678
SIALOLITHIASIS 678
Oropharyngeal Emergencies 679
UPPERAIRWAYFOREIGNBODY 679
Infections/Inflammation 680
EPIGLOTTITIS 680
CROUP(LARYNGOTRACHEITIS)6 81
LUDWIGANGINA 682