Subdural empyema as a complication of sinusitis in the pediatric population

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1581-1586

  Quraishi, Huma ^a   Zevallos, Jose P ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial complications; Pediatric otolaryngology; Sinusitis; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOSE DISEASE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33746928307     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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