Factors Associated With Early Computed Tomography Imaging in Children Hospitalized With Severe Orbital Infections
Although several patient and hospital factors associated with early CT imaging decisions in children with severe orbital infections are associated with more severe infections, newly identified risk factors, such as inflammatory markers, were not. These findings will help better the understanding of clinical management and indications for CT imaging.
Authors
- Gita Wahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9702)
- Jessica L. Foulds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-0432)
- Ronik Kanani
- Eleanor Pullenayegum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4265-1330)
- Patricia C. Parkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2935-7145)
- Mahmoud Sakran
- Olivier Drouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1429-9341)
- Catherine Pound (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-7749)
- Peter J. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-1312)
- Gemma Vomiero
- Arun Reginald
- Winnie Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9912-2494)
- Elysa Widjaja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0986-5476)
- Cornelia M. Borkhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3420-1866)
- Sanjay Mahant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-5835)
- Nikolaus E. Wolter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5196-6150)
- Jessica Cichon
- Ann Bayliss
- Julie Quet
- Anupam Sehgal
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Lakeridge Health (CA)
- North York General Hospital (CA)
- Trillium Health Centre (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- McMaster Children's Hospital (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Stollery Children's Hospital (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hospital Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2024-007990
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health