Clinical Variables Indicating Cervical Abscess in Adult Patients Diagnosed with Deep Neck Infection
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 576-581, 2008.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We evaluated a method to distinguish group A (abscess) from group B (cellulitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, epiglottis) through clinical variables in patients with a deep neck infection.METHODS:
This was a retrospective chart review study consisting of the evaluation of CT scans or surgical diagnoses on adult patients (18 or more years of age). CT scans were reviewed by a radiologist. We evaluated several clinical variables in order to distinguish group A from group B. We also evaluated the ability of these clinical variables to distinguish group A from group B by a receiver operating characteristic curve.RESULTS:
Sixty-three patients were enrolled in this study. Several clinical variables (swelling, odynophagia, tenderness, trismus, age>50years) differed between group A and group B. A AUC which was obtained by adding the number of variables (swelling, odynophagia, tenderness, trismus, age>50years) was 0.87 (p50, swelling, odynophagia, tenderness, trismus) were able to distinguish group A from group B.
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Assunto principal:
Tonsila Palatina
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Trismo
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Faringite
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Tonsilite
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Curva ROC
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Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Infecções dos Tecidos Moles
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Área Sob a Curva
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Abscesso
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
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