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Patients that have watery discharge from the nose several hours after significant head trauma (e.g., head striking the windshield or dashboard in a motor vehicle accident) is likely secondary to a cribiform plate fracture. The initial management of this is raising the head of the bed to 30 degrees if no contraindications exist such as spine fractures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patients that have watery discharge from the nose several hours after significant head trauma (e.g., head striking the windshield or dashboard in a motor vehicle accident) is likely secondary to a cribiform plate fracture. The initial management of this is raising the head of the bed to 30 degrees if no contraindications exist such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,28],"tags":[3381,3382,3380],"yoast_head":"\n