CSF rhinorrhea-feasibility of conservative management in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-189

  Yadav, Jagveer Singh ^a   mohindra, Satyawati ^a   Francis, Abhilash Alex ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; CSF leaks; Recurrent meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGITIS; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650966748     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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