Clinical and prognostic significance of emergency MRI findings in neck infections.
Jaakko HeikkinenJanne NurminenJarno VelhonojaHeikki IrjalaTatu HapponenTero SoukkaKimmo MattilaJussi HirvonenPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Two hundred one out of 371 patients (54%) with neck infection showed evidence of retropharyngeal edema (RPE), and 81 out of 314 patients (26%) had mediastinal edema (ME). • Maximal abscess diameter, RPE, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were independent predictors of the need for intensive care unit (ICU) treatment, and maximal abscess diameter, ME, and CRP were independent predictors of length of hospital stay. • Prognostic significance of MRI findings was evident also while controlling for CRP values.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- heart rate
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- public health
- mechanical ventilation
- emergency department
- lymph node
- resistance training
- optic nerve
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- ultrasound guided
- magnetic resonance
- rare case
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- replacement therapy
- smoking cessation