Eur Arch Paediatr Dent
October 2023
Purpose: To analyse the epidemiology, treatment, and microbiological findings of hospitalised Lithuanian children and adolescents admitted due to maxillofacial infections over a 17-years period.
Methods: 428 medical records of paediatric (under the age of 18) patients hospitalised at Vilnius University Hospital from 2003 to 2019 due to a maxillofacial infection were reviewed. The data concerning patient sociodemographic characteristics, aspects related to a hospital stay, treatment modalities, microbiological findings, and sensitivity to antibiotics, were collected and analysed.
Purpose: A retrospective 17-year review of the epidemiology, microbiological aspects, and treatment of patients hospitalized for non-odontogenic maxillofacial infections.
Methods: A retrospective study reviewed 4040 medical records of patients hospitalized at Vilnius University Hospital Zalgiris Clinic during the period of 2003 to 2019. The following data were collected: patient sociodemographic characteristics, length of hospitalization, sources of infection, affected anatomical regions, treatment modalities, microbiological findings, and sensitivity to antibiotics.