Management of paediatric retropharyngeal infections: Non-surgical versus surgical

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 985-987

  Courtney, Mark J ^a,b,c   Mahadevan, Murali ^b,c   Miteff, Alex ^b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cellulitis; Infection; Parapharyngeal; Retropharyngeal

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROPHARYNGEAL INFECTION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248832982     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04295.x     Document Type: Article

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