ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Clinical Prognostic Factors Associated with Good Outcomes in Pediatric Bell's Palsy.
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- Contemporary pharmacological strategies for acute peripheral facial palsy: a narrative review with clinical decision considerations.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Clinical Characteristics and the Prognostic Factors of Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy in Children.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Association between obesity and Bell's palsy by combining Mendelian randomization and network pharmacology.Medicine · 2025Article
- Is There an Association between Bell Palsy in Pediatric Patients and COVID-19?International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Pediatric Bell's Palsy: Prognostic Factors, Management Strategy, and Treatment Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictive Value of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and C-Reactive Protein in Patients with Idiopathic Facial Nerve Palsy.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
The prognosis of children with Bell's palsy remains unclear due to its relatively low incidence, and thus, the small number of patients included in individual studies. To evaluate the prognosis of children with Bell's palsy and identify the predictive value of specific factors that contribute to complete recovery, a retrospective cohort study was conducted of all patients with Bell's palsy who visited the outpatient clinic of our university hospital between January 2005 and December 2020. We identified the parameters associated with a favorable recovery after 6 months in pediatric patients with Bell's palsy. Factors recorded for each patient included age, sex, side affected by palsy, time between symptom onset and start of treatment, treatment methods, and the House-Brackmann grade (H-B) grade. The results of the multivariable analysis revealed that the lower degree of initial facial nerve paralysis presented as H-B grade II-IV was a significant favorable prognostic factor (OR: 3.86; 95% CI: 1.27-11.70;
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