Predictors for admission of children with periorbital cellulitis presenting to the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 279-283

  Goldman, Ran D ^a,b   Dolansky, Gillian ^c   Rogovik, Alex L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission; Periorbital cellulitis; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE EDEMA; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; ONTARIO; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 46249103286     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31816ecb43     Document Type: Article

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