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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

A 10-year-old child with acute torticollis due to polymicrobial deep neck infection.

Alex Guri, Eric Scheier

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alex GuriPediatrics, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel alexgur@clalit.org.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0720-4554
Eric ScheierPediatrics, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Torticollis in children can be a sign of a potentially dangerous disease; the correct diagnosis is not always obvious on history and physical examination. The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) helps to limit the differential diagnosis and direct appropriate further laboratory and radiology-performed evaluation. We present a case of a 10-year-old child whose deep neck infection (DNI) was timely diagnosed in the paediatric emergency department by early use of POCUS and drained under POCUS guidance after admission to the hospital. The culture from the fluid grew

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TorticollisChildEmergency Service, HospitalHumansNeckPoint-of-Care SystemsUltrasonographyearinfectious diseasesnose and throat/otolaryngologypaediatricsultrasonography

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PMID34992062
PMCPMC8739054
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