TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Maxillofacial Trauma A1 - Reynolds, Stacy A1 - York, JoAnna A1 - Colucciello, Stephen A. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Maxillofacial trauma in children more often results in soft-tissue injury than facial fractures.Up to half of seriously injured children with facial trauma also have intracranial injury.The most emergent complication of facial trauma is airway compromise.CT scan is the definitive diagnostic test for precise delineation of maxillofacial fractures.Injury patterns vary by age as a result of the unique development of the facial skeleton.Timely referral of nasal fractures is important, as these injuries may have a profound effect on subsequent nasal and maxillofacial development. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155168925 ER -