Spinal epidural abscess

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-390

  Tompkins, Marc ^a   Panuncialman, Ian ^b   Lucas, Phillip ^a   Palumbo, Mark ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

early management; spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; INDIUM; ISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77956393746     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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