Misc.

Dec, 2014

Management of lacerated and swollen tongue after convulsive seizure with a mouth protector: interprofessional collaboration including dentists in intensive care.

Acta medica Okayama
  • Reiko Yamanaka
  • ,
  • Yoshihiko Soga
  • ,
  • Yoshie Moriya
  • ,
  • Akemi Okui
  • ,
  • Tetsuo Takeuchi
  • ,
  • Kenji Sato
  • ,
  • Hiroshi Morimatsu
  • ,
  • Manabu Morita

Volume
68
Number
6
First page
375
Last page
8
Language
English
Publishing type
DOI
10.18926/AMO/53027
Publisher
OKAYAMA UNIV MED SCHOOL

We encountered a 74-year-old male patient with tongue laceration after convulsive seizures under intensive care. The tongue showed severe swelling, and the right ventral surface had been lacerated by his isolated and pointed right lower canine. Our university hospital has established a perioperative management center, and is promoting interprofessional collaboration, including dentists, in perioperative management. Dentists collaborating in the perioperative management center took dental impressions, with the support of anesthesiologists who opened the patient's jaw under propofol sedation, to produce a mouth protector. By raising the patient's bite, the completed mouth protector prevented the isolated tooth from contacting the tongue and protected the lacerated wound. Use of the mouth protector prevented the lacerated tongue from coming into contact with the pointed tooth, and the tongue healed gradually. These findings underscore that interprofessional collaboration including dentists can improve the quality of medical care.

Link information
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18926/AMO/53027
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25519032
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000346882200008&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.18926/AMO/53027
  • ISSN : 0386-300X
  • Pubmed ID : 25519032
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000346882200008

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