A prospective, blinded comparison of clinical examination and computed tomography in deep neck infections

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1873-1879

  Miller, William D ^a   Furst, Ian M ^b   Sàndor, George K B ^b,c,d   Keller, M Anne ^a,e  

^a Division of Neuroradiology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Dept Oral and Maxillofacial Surg ^*  (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Computed tomography; Deep neck infection; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NECK; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032694435     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199911000-00029     Document Type: Article

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