Chien-Yu Huang, Tzu-Yun Huang, Chia-Lin Koh, Yen-Ting Yu, Kuan-Lin Chen
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition in Ages 3 to 6 Years: A Cross-Cultural Comparison for Children in Taiwan
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little consensus best management pediatric deep neck space infections dnsis limited information national disease burden purpose study examine health care burden management complications dnsis national perspective retrospective administrative data set review national pediatric admission database pediatric patients diagnosed parapharyngeal space andor retropharyngeal abscess identified 2009 kids inpatient database patient demographic hospital clinical characteristics compared patients received surgical nonsurgical management results analyses weighted clustered stratified appropriately according sampling design kids inpatient database prevalence dnsis 3444 2009 estimated incidence 46 per 100000 children total hospital charges 75 million patients drained surgically 22 longer length stay mean 419 days managed without surgery mean 344 days mean hospital charges patients drained surgically almost twice patients managed medically 28969 vs 17022 165 patients 48 complication 3400 admissions pediatric dnsis annually account significant number inpatient days hospital charges randomized controlled trial management may indicated public health perspective