Treatment of pediatric suppurative mastoiditis: Is peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) antibiotic therapy necessary?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-110

  Moore, Jeremy A ^a   Wei, Julie L ^a,b   Smith, Holly J ^c   Mayo, Matthew S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPURATIVE MASTOIDITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745333957     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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