• Critical care medicine · Aug 1999

    Case Reports

    Traumatic macroglossia: a life-threatening complication.

    • D J Jakobson, S Einav, I Krichevsky, C L Sprung, and M S Sela.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
    • Crit. Care Med. 1999 Aug 1; 27 (8): 1643-5.

    ObjectiveTo describe the use of muscle relaxants and a bite raiser to avoid continued tongue trauma.DesignCase report.SettingA tertiary general intensive care unit (ICU).InterventionsMuscle relaxation and bite raiser.Main ResultsMuscle relaxation and a bite raiser were used in a 17-yr-old male with traumatic macroglossia, which allowed for rapid resolution of edema and prevented additional trauma to the tongue.ConclusionEarly use of a bite raiser together with muscle relaxants allows for more rapid solution of edema and prevention of additional trauma to the tongue in patients with traumatic macroglossia.

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