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- Title
SELF ASSESSMENT ANSWERS: Obtunded sensorium in a trauma patient.
- Abstract
The article presents answers to queries related to obtunded sensorium in a trauma patient. The answer of the query related to the most likely cause of deterioration of GCS is that hypoxia is the most important preventable cause of obtunded sensorium in a trauma patient. It may manifest in the form of non-purposeful motor responses and therefore, is a strong indication for the need for definitive airway. The answer of the next query related to the next step taken is that to extubate the patient because the tube is blocked. Oxygenate him with mask and establish a definitive airway once again. The cuff of the endotracheal tube was immediately deflated and the patient was extubated.
- Subjects
HYPOXEMIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of oxygen; HEMOGLOBINS; CEREBRAL anoxia; INTRATRACHEAL anesthesia; TRAUMATOLOGY
- Publication
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2001, Vol 77, Issue 904, p130
- ISSN
0032-5473
- Publication type
Article