Intraoral ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected peritonsillar abscess in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-88

  Lyon, Matthew ^a   Blaivas, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency ultrasound; intraoral ultrasound; peritonsillar abscess; peritonsillar abscess drainage; peritonsillar ultrasound; ultrasound guided procedure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 11144319871     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.045     Document Type: Article

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