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 665Nose 666
EPISTAXIS 666
POSTERIOREPISTAXIS 667
FOREIGNBODY 668Facial Trauma 668
NASALFRACTURE 668
BASILARSKULLFRACTURE 670
ORBITALBLOWOUTFRACTURE 671
MANDIBLEFRACTURE 672
MANDIBULARDISLOCATION 673
ZYGOMATICO-MAXILLARY-ORBITALCOMPLEXFRACTURE 674Midface Fractures 675
LEFORTFRACTURES 675
CAVERNOUSSINUSTHROMBOSIS 677Salivary Gland Problems 678
SIALOADENITIS 678
SIALOLITHIASIS 678Oropharyngeal Emergencies 679
UPPERAIRWAYFOREIGNBODY 679Infections/Inflammation 680
EPIGLOTTITIS 680
CROUP(LARYNGOTRACHEITIS)6 81
LUDWIGANGINA 682