Okada e al reported the eFONA score to identify a trauma patient who may require an emergency front-of-neck procedure. The authors are from Kyoto University and the Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital in Japan.
Patient: adult trauma patient
Outcome: front-of-neck airway (tracheostomy, other)
Component
e
no eye opening in response to any stimuli
F
fall from height or motor bike
O
oral-maxillofacial injury
N
neck/tracheal injury
A
airway management by paramedics
Response
Points
no
0
yes
1
score =
= SUM(points for all 5 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 5
• A cut-off of 2 identifies a patient who may require the front-of-neck airway.
Performance:
• The area under the ROC curve is 0.82.
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Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Surgery, general, Emergency Medicine
