Infants Are More Likely Than Older Children to Have Surgery for Cervical Infections
Table 3
Presenting symptoms and signs of pediatric patients diagnosed with neck abscess for each age group.
Age (years)
Fever
Swelling
Neck Pain
Cervical Lymphadenopathy
Neck Stiffness
Sore Throat
Dysphagia
Cough
Airway Obstruction
Vomiting
Dysphonia
Diarrhea
<1
77.6
95.9
60
63.2
12.5
14.3
41.2
29.4
36.8
6.7
0
7.7
1-3
86.5
92.0
75.5
84.4
45.0
44.4
37.5
32.4
21.4
33.3
0
4.0
4-7
95.6
86.1
100.0
81.5
88.5
83.3
57.9
38.9
28.6
31.3
21.4
18.8
8-18
77.4
84.8
90.3
75.0
68.4
64.0
56.0
7.1
30.8
31.3
13.3
0
N for which data is available
214
193
143
107
101
99
93
83
74
77
67
67
p value
0.104
0.411
0.001
0.116
<0.001
0.001
0.426
0.336
0.843
0.038
0.035
0.350
Significant difference (p < 0.05); Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction. These percentages are for cases where the symptom was noted in the medical record as present or absent. If there was no mention of the symptom, the chart was excluded, resulting in higher overall percentages.
