TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Patients With Life-threatening Complications of Maxillofacial Space Infection

Patient	Sex	Age/yrs	Space	Comorbidities	Complications	Procedure	Outcome
1	Male	60	SMS, SM, M, PM, SL, IT	DM	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
2	Male	49	SMS, SM, PP	HTN	Sepsis	I&D	Good
3	Male	59	SMS, SM	Nil	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
4	Male	75	SMS, SM, SL	DM	Respiratory obstruction, sepsis	I&D, tracheotomy	Good
5	Female	76	SMS, SM, SL	DM,HTN	Respiratory obstruction, pneumonia	I&D, tracheotomy	Good
6	Female	62	SMS, M, PM, PP, C, T	Nil	Pneumonia, descending mediastinitis	I&D	Good
7	Male	69	SMS, M, PM, P, B, T	Nil	Respiratory obstruction, pneumonia	I&D, tracheotomy	Good
8	Male	56	SMS, M, PM	Nil	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
9	Male	70	SMS, PP, B	DM	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
10	Female	57	SMS, M, PM, IT, T, B, IO	DM	Pneumonia	I&D	Good
11	Male	42	SMS, SM, SL	DM	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
12	Male	51	SMS, SM, M, PM, PP, SL, P	Nil	Respiratory obstruction	I&D	Good
13	Male	83	SMS, M, PP, IT, T, B, IO	DM, HTN	Pneumonia	I&D	Good
14	Male	70	SMS, SM, PP, C	Nil	Respiratory obstruction, sepsis, pneumonia, septic shock	I&D, tracheotomy	Death
15	Female	54	M, PM, PP, IT, T	Nil	Respiratory obstruction, sepsis, pneumonia, septic shock	I&D	Good
16	Male	37	SMS, SM, PP, C	Nil	Respiratory obstruction, pneumonia	I&D	Good

B, buccal space; C, cervical space; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; I&D, incision and drainage; IO, infraorbital space; IT, infratemporal space; M, masticatory space; MSI, maxillofacial space infection; P, parotid space; PM, pterygomandibular space; PP, parapharyngeal space; SL, sublingual space; SM, submental space; SMS, submandibular space; T, temporal space.