Podcast #111 - Peritonsilar and Deep Neck Infections
TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine
English - September 04, 2018 17:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science acls aprn atls cpr ems hems lpn pac pocus pals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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At the request of listeners, we are covering some essential clinical topics such as deep neck infections including peritonsilar abscess (also known as "quinsy"). These are life-threatening conditions that require early recognition and intervention. Since peritonsilar infections are not of deep visceral spaces, this is technically separate but given their high incidence and at times coexistence with other deep neck infections they are often combined such as in discussion.