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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with DNSA

From: Bacteriological analysis based on disease severity and clinical characteristics in patients with deep neck space abscess

Predictors

All (n = 433)

Training (n = 359)

Life-threatening complications

P Value

Yes (n = 77)

No (n = 282)

Age, median (IQR), years

51.0 (38.0–61.0)

51.0 (37.0–61.0)

61.0 (53.0–67.5)

46.0 (35.0–58.0)

 < .001

Sex, male, n (%)

305 (70.4)

246 (68.5)

53 (68.8)

193 (68.4)

.948

Antibiotic allergy, n (%)

24 (5.5)

22 (6.1)

7 (9.1)

15 (5.4)

.280

Smoking, n (%)

108 (24.9)

88 (24.5)

18 (23.4)

70 (24.8)

.794

Alcoholism, n (%)

39 (9.0)

31 (8.6)

9 (11.7)

22 (7.8)

.282

Body temperature, median (IQR), ℃

36.6 (36.4–36.9)

36.6 (36.4–36.9)

36.6 (36.5–37.0)

36.6 (36.4–36.8)

.338

Heart rate, median (IQR), bpm

87.0 (78.0–100.0)

87.0 (78.0–99.0)

92.0 (80.0–110.0)

86.0 (77.8–97.3)

.002

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

113 (26.1)

96 (26.7)

31 (40.3)

65 (23.0)

.002

Hypertension, n (%)

65 (15.0)

52 (14.5)

18 (23.4)

34 (12.1)

.012

Multispace involvement, n (%)

213 (49.2)

176 (49.0)

69 (89.6)

107 (37.9)

 < .001

Gas formation, n (%)

127 (29.3)

103 (28.7)

54 (70.1)

49 (17.4)

 < .001

Initial onset of symptoms and signs

     

 Pharyngalgia, n (%)

293 (67.7)

238 (66.3)

57 (74.0)

181 (64.2)

.105

 Odynophagia, n (%)

241 (55.7)

198 (55.2)

51 (66.2)

147 (52.1)

.027

 Neck pain, n (%)

289 (66.7)

231 (64.3)

47 (61.0)

184 (65.2)

.494

 Neck swelling, n (%)

256 (59.1)

210 (58.5)

45 (58.4)

165 (58.5)

.991

 Dysphagia, n (%)

185 (42.7)

151 (42.1)

44 (57.1)

107 (37.9)

.002

 Trismus, n (%)

94 (21.7)

74 (20.6)

13 (16.9)

61 (21.6)

.361

 Hoarseness, n (%)

30 (6.9)

26 (7.2)

10 (13.0)

16 (5.7)

.028

 Dyspnea, n (%)

63 (14.5)

50 (13.9)

32 (41.6)

18 (6.4)

 < .001

Primary regions of infection

     

 Suprahyoid region, n (%)

295 (68.1)

244 (68.0)

56 (72.7)

188 (66.7)

.312

 Infrahyoid region, n (%)

96 (22.2)

78 (21.7)

4 (5.2)

74 (26.2)

 < .001

 Retropharyngeal region, n (%)

42 (9.7)

37 (10.3)

17 (22.1)

20 (7.1)

 < .001

Laboratory test

     

 NEUT, median (IQR), 109/L

10.8 (7.7–14.5)

10.8 (7.5–14.5)

13.4 (9.8–17.5)

10.4 (7.2–13.9)

 < .001

 PLR, median (IQR)

181.4 (132.0–258.2)

183.3 (132.5–259.1)

235.4 (170.8–354.4)

173.4 (125.3–227.5)

 < .001

 RBC, median (IQR), 1012/L

4.6 (4.2–5.0)

4.6 (4.2–5.0)

4.5 (4.0–4.9)

4.6 (4.3–5.0)

.007

 Hb, median (IQR), g/L

135.0 (123.0–147.0)

135.0 (123.0–146.0)

132.0 (118.0–144.5)

136.0 (124.8–148.0)

.071

 Blood glucose, median (IQR), mmol/L

6.1 (5.1–9.5)

6.1 (5.1–9.4)

8.4 (6.4–12.1)

5.8 (5.0–8.1)

 < .001

 Albumin, median (IQR), g/L

38.1 (33.5–42.5)

38.2 (33.5–42.6)

31.8 (27.0–36.0)

39.2 (36.0–43.3)

 < .001

  1. Bold P values are statistically significant
  2. DNSA, deep neck space abscess; IQR, interquartile range; bpm, beat per minute; NEUT, neutrophile count; PLR, platelet count to lymphocyte count ratio; RBC, red blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin
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