title: Facial nerve paresis involving passenger airbag deployment: a case report.
abstract: The case of a 32-yr-old woman who developed transient facial nerve paresis following deployment of the passenger airbag is presented. Although a wide range of injuries including fatalities have occurred, this case represents a unique type of injury following passenger airbag deployment.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Services Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Queens, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bedell
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*