Utility of a clinical risk scale to predict the requirement of advanced airway management in patients with a diagnosis of deep neck abscess.

Objectives: To analyze the clinical utility of a clinical risk scale to predict the need for advanced airway management in patients with deep neck abscess.

Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study. Patients over 18 years old, both genders, with surgical management of a deep neck abscess, between January 1st, 2015 to December 31th, 2021, who were applied the clinical risk scale (https://7-414-5-19.

[Risk factors at admission associated with intubation in patients with COVID-19].

Background: Intubation rates up to 33% have been found in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Some cohorts have reported the presence of dyspnea in 84.1% of intubated patients, being this the only symptom associated with intubation.

Asociación del signo de Moore con la presencia de absceso profundo de cuello de espacio retrofaríngeo.

Background: Deep neck abscesses can cause life-threatening complications. They are diagnosed by physical examination, and contrasted tomography as the gold standard. There are no studies about the association of Moore's sign with infections of the retropharyngeal space.

Perinatal morbidity and mortality of children born to mothers with chronic kidney disease.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with pregnancy increases the risk of maternal and fetal complications.

Objective: To determine perinatal morbidity and mortality of children born to mothers with mild and moderate CKD during pregnancy.

Methods: Retrospective study of medical records of women with mild and moderate CKD during pregnancy cared for at La Raza National Medical Center between 2010 and 2016.