Management of Pediatric Skin Abscesses in Pediatric, General Academic and Community Emergency Departments

Management of Pediatric Skin Abscesses in Pediatric, General Academic and Community Emergency Departments

Objectives: To compare the evaluation and management of pediatric cutaneous abscess patients at three different emergency department (ED) settings.Method: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at two academic pediatric hospital EDs, a general academic ED and a community ED in 2007, with random s...

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Main Authors: Baumann, Brigitte M, Russo, Christopher J, Pavlik, Daniel, Cassidy-Smith, Tara N, Brown, Naomi, Sacchetti, Alfred
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
abscess
pediatrics
emergency medicine
soft tissue infections
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7fq6r7x9

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