Publications by authors named "Daniel Hyneman"
Background: While recent literature suggests antibiotics are not needed in patients with nonoperative facial fractures involving sinuses, the existing studies do not focus on critically injured patients who are known to be at higher risk for sinusitis and ventilator-associated pneumonia, which could be exacerbated by facial fractures.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if antibiotics reduce the rate of infectious complications in critically injured patients who have blunt midfacial trauma treated nonoperatively.
Study Design, Setting, Sample: The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study consisting of patients admitted to the trauma intensive care unit who sustained blunt midfacial injuries managed nonoperatively at an urban Level 1 trauma center from August 13th, 2012, to July 30th, 2020.