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Management of Critically Ill Head and Neck Surgical Patients

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Head and neck surgery has made tremendous advances during the past 50 years. These advances have led to increasing specialization and offering of complex surgical therapy to high-risk individuals, such that many head and neck patients now require critical care inputs as a key component of their care. The complex anatomy, rich vasculature and proximity to structures within a narrow space predispose patients to serious complications from infectious and non-infectious processes in the perioperative period. Yet, in spite of its importance, critical care literature on the topic has remained agonizingly sparse. The last substantial review was undertaken in 2003 [1].

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