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Analysis of smoking behaviour in patients with peritonsillar abscess: a prospective, matched case–control study

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Laryngology & Otology, September 2018
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Title
Analysis of smoking behaviour in patients with peritonsillar abscess: a prospective, matched case–control study
Published in
Journal of Laryngology & Otology, September 2018
DOI 10.1017/s0022215118001585
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Authors

D Schwarz, P Wolber, M Balk, J C Luers

Abstract

Smoking is purported to increase the risk of peritonsillar abscess formation, but prospective data are needed to confirm this hypothesis. This prospective study aimed to identify this correlation. Fifty-four patients with peritonsillar abscess were prospectively asked about their smoking behaviour using a questionnaire that was designed and approved by the Robert Koch Institute (Berlin, Germany) to analyse smoking behaviour in epidemiological studies. Afterwards, a consecutive control group (without peritonsillar abscess), matched in terms of age and gender, was surveyed using the same questionnaire. A classification of smoker, former smoker and non-smoker was made, and the numbers of pack-years were calculated and compared. Statistical analysis of both groups revealed a significant correlation between peritonsillar abscess and smoking experience (p = 0.025). Moreover, there were significantly fewer non-smokers in the non-peritonsillar abscess group (p = 0.04). The number of pack-years was higher in the peritonsillar abscess group (p = 0.037). There is a statistically significant association between peritonsillar abscess and smoking.

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Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 3 50%
Professor 1 17%
Unspecified 1 17%
Unknown 1 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 33%
Unspecified 1 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2018.
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#14,789,745
of 25,385,509 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Laryngology & Otology
#917
of 2,938 outputs
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#175,863
of 347,952 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Laryngology & Otology
#8
of 45 outputs
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