Conservative treatment of retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess in children

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1178-1181

  Pelaz, Andrés Coca ^a,b   Allende, Ana Vivanco ^a   Llorente Pendás, Jose Luis ^a   Nieto, Carlos Suárez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Children; Parapharyngeal abscess; Parapharyngeal infection; Retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ODYNOPHAGIA; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TORTICOLLIS; TRISMUS;

ABSCESS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949181522     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181acdc45     Document Type: Article

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