title: [Deep neck infections].
abstract: Deep neck infections are charts potentially dangerous though of low incidence. Few times linked to severe complications, as mediastinitis, of high morbi-mortality. They call for emergency procedures combining neck and thorax surgery, if there is a mediastinitis, with a broad-spectrum antibiotherapy within an Intensive Care Unit, with the aim of the maintain the patients's equilibrium constant till their reestablishment. We report 3 cases seen in a term lesser than one year at the Universitary Hospital of Salamanca. The 3 presented with thoracic complication because the spread of the neck's infect. Nevertheless the pending severity all three survived. We emphasize the necessity of realizing the pressing surgery and the utilitarianism of broad-spectrum antibiotherapy as key elements in order to get the patient's reestablishment. Literature review on the subject.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología y Patología Cérvico-Facial, Hospital Clínico de Salamanca.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez Plasencia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz Herrera
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez González
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bravo Castrillo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aguirre García
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Benito González
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez López
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents