ST1 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
ST3 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Br Dent J. 2021 Feb;230(3):170-172. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2602-2. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
Introduction Dental infection can progress to life-threatening cervicofacial and deep space infections. Therefore, safe management requires early identification of serious infections in primary care with appropriate referral to secondary care. We have developed an acronym to aid assessment of the red flag clinical features for serious dental infection in primary care by general dental practitioners.Materials and methods Literature review and focus group discussions.Results We introduce the FATLIPS acronym for assessment of red flag features of dental infection: failed previous treatment(s), airway compromise, trismus, look (lower border mandible, orbit, oral, neck), immunosuppression, pyrexia, swallowing difficulties.Conclusion We propose the FATLIPS red flags acronym to help dentists assess the red flag features of dental infections in primary care.
简介
口腔感染可发展为危及生命的颈部和深部间隙感染。因此，安全管理需要初级保健中早期识别严重感染，并适当转介到二级保健。我们已经开发了一个首字母缩略词，以帮助初级保健中普通牙医评估严重口腔感染的红色标志临床特征。
材料和方法
文献回顾和焦点小组讨论。
结果
我们介绍了用于评估口腔感染红色标志特征的 FATLIPS 首字母缩略词：先前治疗失败、气道阻塞、牙关紧闭、面部外观（下颌下缘、眼眶、口腔、颈部）、免疫抑制、发热、吞咽困难。
结论
我们提出了 FATLIPS 红色标志首字母缩略词，以帮助牙医评估初级保健中口腔感染的红色标志特征。
