Olmstead, DavidGelfand, GaryAnderson, IanKortbeek, John B.2018-12-022018-12-022018-11-25David Olmstead, Gary Gelfand, Ian Anderson, and John B. Kortbeek, “A Case Report of Acute Airway Compromise due to Subcutaneous Emphysema,” Case Reports in Medicine, vol. 2018, Article ID 3103061, 5 pages, 2018. doi:10.1155/2018/3103061http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3103061http://hdl.handle.net/1880/109208In the acute management of a trauma patient, airway patency is of utmost importance. The present case describes a male patient who presented with delayed severe upper airway obstruction secondary to massive subcutaneous emphysema following blunt traumatic injury two days previously. Airway compromise is a rarely described but serious complication of subcutaneous emphysema. Current management of subcutaneous emphysema and its association with pneumothorax is summarized. Early decompression of underlying pneumothoraces in patients with significant subcutaneous emphysema should be performed to avoid this rare complication.Journal Article2018-12-02enCopyright © 2018 David Olmstead et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.10.11575/PRISM/34658