Acute periorbital swelling: Evaluation of management protocol

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-20

  Dudin, Anwar ^a   Othman, Abdullah ^a  

^a Al Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

management protocol; Periorbital swelling

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EDEMA; EVALUATION STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORBIT; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0029863322     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199602000-00005     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Cheaper ED, Wad E, Brozanski AB. Periorbital cellulitis and paranasal sinusitis: A reappraisal. Pediatr Inf Dis 1982;1:91-94.
2. Antoine GA, Grundfast KM. Periorbital cellulitis. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1987;13:273-278.
3. Ciarallo LR, Rowe PC. Lumbar puncture in children with periorbital and orbital cellulitis. J Pediatr 1993;122:355-359.
4. Watters EC, Wallar PH, Hiles DA, et al. Acute orbital cellulitis Arch Ophtalmol 1976;94:785-788.
5. Jackson K, Baker SR. Periorbital cellulitis. Head Neck Surg 1987;9:227-234.
6. Powell KR, Kaplan SB, Hall CB, et al. Periorbital cellulitis. Am J Dis Child 1988;142:853-857.
7. Weiss A, Freindly D, Eglin K, et al. Bacterial periorbital and orbital cellulitis in childhood. Ophthalmology 1983;90:195-203.
8. Gellady A, Shulman ST, Ayoub EM. Periorbital and orbital cellulitis in children. Pediatrics 1978;61:272-277.
9. Halperin S. Haemophilus influenzae type B and its role in diseases of the head and neck. J Otolaryngol 1990;19:169-174.
10. Sankrithi UM, Lipuma JJ. Clinically inapparent meningitis complicating periorbital cellulitis. Pediatr Emerg Care 1991;7:28-29.
11. Gomez-Barreto J, Nahmias AJ. Hypopyon and orbital cellulitis associated with Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis. Am J Dis Child 1977;131:215-217.
12. Londer L, Nelson DL. Orbital cellulitis due to Haemophilus influenzae. Arch Ophthalmol 1974;91:89-91
13. Andrews TM, Myer CM. The role of computed tomography in the diagnosis of subperiosteal abscess to the orbit. Clin Pediatr 1992; 31:37-43.
14. Goldberg F, Berne AS, Oski FA. Differentiation of orbital cellulitis from preseptal cellulitis by computed tomography. Pediatrics 1978;62:1000-1005.
15. Mills R. Orbital and periorbital sepsis. J Laryngol Otol 1987;101: 1242-1247.
16. Gutowski WM, Mulbury PE, Hengerer AS, et al. The role of CT scans in managing the orbital complications of ethmoiditis. Int J Pediatr Otorhinol 1988;15:117-128.
17. Teele DW. Management of the child with a red and swollen eye. Pediatr Inf Dis 1983;2:258-262.
18. Shopfner CE, Rossi JO. Roetengen evaluation of the paranasal sinuses in children. Am J Radiol 1973;118:176-186.
19. Haynes RE, Cramblett HG. Acute ethmoiditis: Its relationship to orbital cellulitis. Am J Dis Child 1967;114:261-267.
20. Skelton R, Maixner W, Isaacs D. Sinusitis-induced subdural empyema. Arch Dis Child 1992;67:1478-1480.
21. Harris GJ. Subperiosteal abscess of the orbit. Arch Ophthalmol 1983;101:751-757.
22. Brook I, Friedman EM, Rodriguez WJ, et al. Complications of sinusitis in children. Pediatrics 1980;66:568-572.
23. Kilpe T, Anttila M, Kallio MJT, et al. Severity of childhood bacterial meningitis and duration of illness before diagnosis. Lancet 1991; 338:406-409.
24. Bohr V, Rasmussen N, Hansen B, et al. Eight hundred seventy-five cases of bacterial meningitis. Diagnostic procedures and the impact of preadmission antibiotic therapy. J Infect Dis 1983;7:193-202.