Emergency tracheotomy in the dental office.
Tracheotomy is utilized for securing patency of the upper airway and is not generally used in emergency situations. This is a case report of the necessity of performing a tracheotomy in a dental chair secondary to obstruction of a patient's airway and the inability to perform a cricothyrotomy due to anatomic constraints.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NYU College of Dentistry, 345 East 24(th) St., New York, NY 10010-4086, USA. rs211@nyu.edu
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D000368:Aged; D003770:Dental Offices; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*