Clinical Features of Patients of Different Ages with Postoperative Multi-space Maxillofacial Infection
| Autor: | Wei Jianmin, Chen Guangru, Junqiang Luo, Wang Xingang, Junfeng Wang, Xiaoming Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Microbiological culture Oral Surgical Procedures Biophysics Biochemistry Postoperative Complications White blood cell Internal medicine medicine Humans Aged Retrospective Studies Medical attention Aged 80 and over business.industry Age Factors Retrospective cohort study Bacterial Infections Cell Biology General Medicine Length of Stay Middle Aged Surgery Tomography x ray computed medicine.anatomical_structure Mycoses Male patient Younger adults Oral and maxillofacial surgery Female Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 70:1779-1782 |
| ISSN: | 1559-0283 1085-9195 |
| Popis: | To investigate the clinical features of patients of different ages with multi-space infection after maxillofacial surgery. Three hundred and seven patients with infections in multiple spaces were enrolled in the study. They were classified into the senior (n = 149) and the younger group (n = 158). The clinic data were retrospectively analyzed. Male patients accounted for 63.09 and 63.29 % of the senior and the younger group, respectively. Sex composition between the two groups was not significantly different (p0.05). Senior patients were associated with significantly more complications than the younger adults (p0.05). 46.31 and 55.70 % of patients in the respective two groups had infections involving more than two spaces. Patients in both groups visited the hospital at a similar time after the symptoms manifested (p0.05). Elderly patients had similar glucose levels, white blood cell counts and neutrophil cell counts compared to those of the younger groups (p0.05). 55.06 % of the younger patients had negative bacterial culture results, which was significantly more than those of the senior groups (p0.05). The bacterial compositions of the infection of two groups were also found significantly different (p0.05). In the event of postoperative multi-space maxillofacial infection, senior patients shared many similar clinical features with the younger adults. But they also had unique features, such as more complications. As a result, it is more difficult to treat senior patients with multi-space infections. Therefore, more medical attention is required to senior patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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