Journal article
Hospital-based emergency department visits with herpetic gingivostomatitis in the United States
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, Vol.113(4), pp.505-511
04/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2011.09.014
PMID: 22668428
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to determine the number of hospital emergency department (ED) visits with a diagnosis of herpetic gingivostomatitis (HGS) for 2007 in the United States and to identify the possible comorbid conditions associated with HGS.
The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample for 2007 was used in this study. Patients who visited the ED with a diagnosis of HGS were selected. Estimates were projected to the national levels using the discharge weights. Presence of comorbid conditions in these patients was also analyzed.
A total of 23,124 patients had ED visits and received the diagnosis of HGS. Most of the patients were young females and those belonging to the lower socioeconomic strata. All patients with HGS also presented with comorbid conditions.
Physicians should be trained to diagnose, manage, and refer common dental emergencies. In the long term, improving access to dental care for these patients is crucial to managing this problem.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hospital-based emergency department visits with herpetic gingivostomatitis in the United States
- Creators
- Satheesh Elangovan - Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaNadeem Y Karimbux - Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Director of Postdoctoral Periodontology Program, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsSreedevi Srinivasan - Postdoctoral Orthodontics Resident, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsShankar R Venugopalan - Postdoctoral Orthodontics Resident, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsSridhar V.K Eswaran - Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TexasVeerasathpurush Allareddy - Instructor and Director, Predoctoral Orthodontics Program, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, Vol.113(4), pp.505-511
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.oooo.2011.09.014
- PMID
- 22668428
- ISSN
- 2212-4403
- eISSN
- 2212-4411
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2012
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Orthodontics; Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Periodontics
- Record Identifier
- 9984065707802771
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