Open AccessAcute Mastoiditis in Children as Persisting Problem
Author(s) -
D Djerić,
Miljan Folić,
Srbislav Blažić,
Igor Djorić
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of international advanced otology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2148-3817
pISSN - 1308-7649
DOI - 10.5152/iao.2014.013
Subject(s) - medicine , mastoiditis , pediatrics , surgery , otitis
MATERIALS and METHODS: Medical records of 52 children with diagnosis of acute mastoiditis were reviewed retrospectively. Data on clinical presentation, laboratory tests, microbiological and radiological features, prehospital treatment and delay in making the diagnosis, hospital treatment and outcome were analyzed. A relationship between white blood cell count or level of C-reactive protein and therapeutic protocols was investigated.
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