Clinical features and treatment of retropharyngeal abscess in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-306

  Page, Nathan C ^a   Bauer, Erik M ^b   Lieu, Judith E C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Ear   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; RASH; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39749142603     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.11.033     Document Type: Article

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