A five-year retrospective study of odontogenic maxillofacial infections in a large urban public hospital

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 646-649

  Wang, J ^a   Ahani, A ^a   Pogrel, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCISION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 21844477009     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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