CJEM Articles: Daniel W. Howes

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  • Airbag pneumonitis: a report and discussion of a new clinical entity
    November 2007 9 6
    Daniel W. Howes, Jaelyn M. Caudle, Robert Hawkes, Robert J. Brison

    This report describes the occurrence of pneumonitis in a young male immediately after inhalation of aerosolized chemicals subsequent to motor vehicle airbag deployment. The clinical presentation was one of mild shortness of breath associated with bilateral alveolar infiltrates on chest radiology. Not previously described, this diagnosis should be considered in the differential of pulmonary infiltrates in motor vehicle crash patients.

  • Where is the ET tube?
    November 2006 8 6
    Bruce Cload, Daniel W. Howes, Jay J. Ross, John A.C. Murdoch, Marco L.A. Sivilotti
  • Where is the ET tube? - Answer
    November 2006 8 6
    Bruce Cload, Daniel W. Howes, Jay J. Ross, John A.C. Murdoch, Marco L. A. Sivilotti
  • The role of subspecialization in emergency medicine: a rebuttal
    March 2006 8 2
    Daniel W. Howes, Marco L.A. Sivilotti
  • Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis: a simple, vision-saving procedure
    January 2002 4 1
    Daniel W. Howes, Gord McInnes

    Lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is a simple procedure that can be performed by emergency physicians. It has the potential to save vision, particularly in cases of blunt ocular trauma. The case of a 37-year-old man with blunt ocular trauma, a retrobulbar hemorrhage and rapidly increasing orbital pressure requiring an urgent lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is presented. Pathophysiology, indications, contraindications, procedure and follow-up care are described.