Otitic barotrauma

Nasopharyngeal cancer mimicking otitic barotrauma in a resource-challenged center: a case report

INTRODUCTION Nasopharyngeal cancer commonly manifests with cervical lymphadenopathy, recurrent epistaxis and progressive nasal obstruction. Neuro-ophthalmic and otologic manifestations can also occur. Isolated otologic presentations of nasopharyngeal cancer are rare and the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer may not be foremost in the list of differentials. CASE PRESENTATION We present the ca...

Roller coaster-induced barotrauma.

We present the case of a 24-year-old male who presented to the otolaryngology clinic for otalgia and aural fullness after riding a roller coaster. We present his clinical course and outcome and briefly discuss the mechanism of injury and otologic barotrauma. Roller coasters have been reported as the cause of many different types of injuries, but this is the first reported case of otologic barot...

Another complication of barotrauma.

Communications to the Editor patients leads us to believe that percutaneous catheter fragmentation and dispersion ofthe thrombus using conventional cardiac catheters is important in the emergency management of patients who have collapsed or are seriously compromised because of a massive pulmonary embolus. While catheter pulmonary embolectomy by experienced operators undoubtedly has saved lives,...

Barotrauma vs volutrauma.

Barotrauma: detection, recognition, and management.

ARDS = adult respiratory distress syndrome; CT computed tomography; FIo2 fractional inspired oxygen concentration; MAP = mean airway pressure; PA mean alveolar pressure; PCV= pressure-controlled ventilation; PEEP positive end expiratory pressure; PIP peak inspiratory pressure B arotrauma is an important and potentially lethal compli cation ofmechanical ventilation. All physicians working with p...