Identifying and managing intracranial complications of sinusitis in children: A retrospective series

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-226

  Hicks, Caitlin W ^a,b   Weber, Joseph G ^c   Reid, Janet R ^b   Moodley, Manikum ^b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

empyema; osteomyelitis; sinusitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ETIRACETAM; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGISM; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINUS PAIN; SINUSITIS; SLURRED SPEECH; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 79951604989     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181f86398     Document Type: Article

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