American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 349-352, July 2011

Severe nasal frostbite injury from nasal cannula supplemental oxygen malfunction☆

  • Noel Jabbour, MD

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Otolaryngology Department, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street, S.E. Mayo Mail Code 396 Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Tel.: +1 612 309 9153; fax: +1 612 625 2101.
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  • Selena E. Heman-Ackah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Andrew T. Day, BA

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Rick Odland, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • Otolaryngology Department, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Received 28 January 2010 published online 23 August 2010.

Abstract 

We describe the presentation and management of a patient who presented to our institution with severe nasal frostbite from nasal cannula supplemental oxygen malfunction. This rare complication has not previously been reported in the English Literature. We describe the physical properties of compressed oxygen release that may contribute to these malfunctions and the role of the otolaryngologist in the management of the resulting injuries.

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☆ Poster presentation at Triological Society Southern/Middle Section Meeting, January 2009.

PII: S0196-0709(10)00089-X

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.009

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 349-352, July 2011

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