Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis in an Infant
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Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis in an Infant
CASE A nine-month-old girl was brought to the emergency department because of right neck swelling. She had recently been discharged from the same hospital after a brief admission for pneumonia that had followed influenza. The mother denied noticing increased drooling, dyspnea, or stridor. Pooled oral secretions were present on physical exam, but the patient was calm with normal vital signs (Fig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24926