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*Ultrasound can increase your success rate for drainage over landmark method by 50%<ref>Constantino TG, Satz WA, Dehnkamp W, Goett H. Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoral Ultrasound to Landmark-based Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Peritonsillar Abscess. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19(6):626-631.</ref> | *Ultrasound can increase your success rate for drainage over landmark method by 50%<ref>Constantino TG, Satz WA, Dehnkamp W, Goett H. Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoral Ultrasound to Landmark-based Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Peritonsillar Abscess. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19(6):626-631.</ref> | ||
*An alternative transcutaneous approach for identifying [[peritonsillar abscess]] is to apply a linear probe at the angle of the mandible <ref>Rehrer M, Mantuani D, Nagdev A. Identification of peritonsillar abscess by transcutaneous cervical ultrasound. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013; 31: 267.e1–267.e3 </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 19:38, 8 April 2017
Background
- Using intraoral ultrasound can increase your success rate for identifying peritonsillar abscess
- Ultrasound can increase your success rate for drainage over landmark method by 50%[1]
- An alternative transcutaneous approach for identifying peritonsillar abscess is to apply a linear probe at the angle of the mandible [2]
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- ↑ Constantino TG, Satz WA, Dehnkamp W, Goett H. Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoral Ultrasound to Landmark-based Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Peritonsillar Abscess. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19(6):626-631.
- ↑ Rehrer M, Mantuani D, Nagdev A. Identification of peritonsillar abscess by transcutaneous cervical ultrasound. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013; 31: 267.e1–267.e3