Cavernous sinus thrombosis complicating sinusitis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-88

  Cannon, Michael L ^a   Antonio, Benjamin L ^a   McCloskey, John J ^a   Hines, Michael H ^a   Tobin, Joseph R ^a   Shetty, Avinash K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Blindness; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Sepsis; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 2142808328     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000102385.95708.3B     Document Type: Article

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