Factors associated with complications and mortality of deep neck abscesses in adults

• DOI: 10.2478/rjr-2024-0006
• Publication Date: 2024-02-21T15:49:08Z
• Authors: America Jazmin Ga...; Juan Antonio Lugo...; Noemí Sainz-Fuentes; Alejandra Quinter...; Martha Jiménez-Ro...; Edwin Miguel Canc...; José Roberto Rein...
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

Abstract OBJECTIVE. Our objective was to evaluate the factors associated with complications and death in patients abscesses of deep spaces neck. MATERIAL AND METHODS. An observational, cross-sectional, analytical, retrospective study conducted from 2017 2022. Demographic variables, comorbidities, affected spaces, management, need for tracheostomy, ICU care, presence type were collected. Descriptive statistics applied as measures central tenure dispersion, inferential analysis; Pearson'’s Chi-square or Fisher'’s exact tests, odds ratio risk analysis, binary logistic regression test predictor variables used. RESULTS. We included 46 cases; mean age 44.41 ±13.84 years; 60.87% male patients. As we found diabetes alone hypertension most frequent. Three neck 44% 46% needed a this parameter being significantly (p=0.037) mortality (p=0.037). The intensive care revealed p=0.000 p=0.005 mortality; days hospitalization ≥ 11 (p=0.005) (p=0.013). Hospital stay ≥11 (OR=1.357, 95%CI 1.037-1.776) (OR=1.267, 1.004-1.598); had an OR=78.00 (95%CI 5.726 -1062.546), OR=39.000 3.046-499.323). admission, tracheotomies hospital predictors death. CONCLUSION. hospitalizations are abscesses. same complications.