Establishing the Need for an Evidence-Based Treatment Algorithm for Peritonsillar Abscess in Children
| Autor: | J. Lindhe Guarisco, Maria C. Grant, Blair M. Barton, Blake S. Raggio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Evidence-based practice Adolescent 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cervical lymphadenopathy otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Leukocytosis Peritonsillar Abscess 030223 otorhinolaryngology Abscess Child Retrospective Studies Evidence-Based Medicine business.industry medicine.disease Referred otalgia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Practice Guidelines as Topic Female medicine.symptom business Decreased Oral Intake Algorithm Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Clinical pediatrics. 57(12) |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 |
| Popis: | In this retrospective case series, we report clinical factors associated with pediatric peritonsillar abscess (PTA), with hopes of contributing to the design of an evidenced-based, economic treatment approach. Charts were examined for presenting symptoms and signs. Each of these were analyzed for association with the presence of PTA and for association with treatment. We found that, with the exception of leukocytosis, the signs/symptoms that prompted treatment correlate with those that indicate the presence of PTA. However, there are several signs/symptoms, namely, referred otalgia, cervical lymphadenopathy, and decreased oral intake, that were associated with PTA but unassociated with treatment. Treatment can be aided by establishing an algorithm that accounts for the symptoms/signs most correlated with true, drainable abscess. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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