Keywords Mastoiditis, suppurative infection, ear pain (otalgia), draining ear (otorrhea), postauricular swelling, postauricular tenderness, postauricular fluctuance, acute otitis media, Streptococcus pneumoniae , Streptococcus pyogenes , Staphylococcus aureus , aerobic gram-positive…
Although most infections of the oral cavity in children are odontogenic and may be treated simply with local measures, the occasional spread of these infections to adjacent or distant fascial…
Otitis externa is an inflammation of the external ear canal commonly caused by infection. It constitutes one of the most common otolaryngologic encounters in the emergency department. This condition is…
Cervical lymphadenopathy is enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck. Cervical lymphadenitis implies one or more nodes are inflamed. The inflammatory response by the host is triggered by some…
Keywords deep neck space infection, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal abscess, parapharyngeal abscess A deep neck abscess is a collection of pus in a potential space bounded by fascia. These potential…
Keywords Rhinosinusitis, sinusitis, upper respiratory tract infection, allergic inflammation, secondary bacterial infection, rhinitis, paranasal sinuses, respiratory allergies, defective ciliary function, immunodeficiency diseases, Haemophilus influenzae , Streptococcus pneumoniae , Moraxella catarrhalis…
Pharyngitis is an inflammatory illness of the mucous membranes and underlying structures of the throat. The clinical diagnostic category includes tonsillitis, tonsillopharyngitis, and nasopharyngitis; inflammation also frequently involves the uvula…
Clinicians care for individual patients, each of whom has certain unique problems. Clinicians base their decisions on a panoply of factors that include features of the acute and chronic medical…
