Skull base osteomyelitis: The effect of comorbid disease on hospitalization

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1917-1924

  Djalilian, Hamid R ^a   Rothholtz, Vanessa S ^a   Lee, Alice D ^d   Shamloo, Bahman ^b   Bazargan, Mohsen ^c   Pan, Deya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Comorbid disease; Epidemiology; Human; Malignant otitis externa; Osteomyelitis; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE OSTEOMYELITIS; SOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56149122499     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817fae0d     Document Type: Article

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