Intracranial complications of sinusitis: A pediatric series

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Giannoni, Carla ^a,c   Sulek, Marcelle ^a,c   Friedman, Ellen M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENINGITIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SINUSITIS; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032061816     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065898781390127     Document Type: Article

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