Children's Deep Neck Infections at the Montpellier Hospital

Deep Neck Infections Clinical Trial

Official title:

Retrospective Evaluation of the Management of Children's Deep Neck Infections at the Montpellier Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03644368
• Other study ID #: RECHMPL18_0212
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2018

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: University Hospital, Montpellier
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To descride the clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and complications of children with a deep neck infection. A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Montpellier hospital in France. All children aged less than 18 years who had been admitted with a diagnosis of cervical phlegmon, tonsillar abscesses, retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscesses between January 2015 and December 2017 were included. The investigators collected the demographic, biological, radiological data and treatment received of the patients to the admision. The results of the bacteriological samples were collected. The investigators compared our results to those of the 10-year cohort. The investigators wish to compare the duration of hospitalization and the duration of the fever enter the group treated by alone antibiotic and the group treated by antibiotic and surgical drainage

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 83
• Est. completion date: December 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 1 Month to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• under 18 years old

• hospitalized for acute pharyngeal infection ( cervical phlegmon, tonsillar abscesses, retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscesses)

Exclusion criteria:

• neck infection in the context of immune deficiency

• malignancy or post-traumatic disease

• others deep neck infections: angina, otitis, sinusitis, ethmoiditis, mastoiditis.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Deep Neck Infections
• Infection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Uhmontpellier	Montpellier

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Montpellier

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	duration of hospitalization	Compare the duration of hospitalization enter the group treated by alone antibiotic and the group treated by antibiotic and surgical drainage.	1 day
Other	duration of the fever	Compare the duration of the fever enter the group treated by alone antibiotic and the group treated by antibiotic and surgical drainage.	1 day
Primary	Clinical description of acute peripharyngeal suppuration	Clinical description of acute peripharyngeal suppuration suppuration	1 day
Secondary	Description of therapeutic management	Description of therapeutic management : vaccinations, treatments received before hospitalization, treatments received during hospitalization	1 day
Secondary	Description of bacteria in deep neck infections	Description of bacteria in deep neck infections	1 day