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

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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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