The Effect of Antibiotic Therapy on Recovery After Tonsillectomy in Children: A Controlled Study

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 610-615

  Telian, Steven A ^a   Handler, Steven D ^a   Fleisher, Gary R ^b   Baranak, Christine C ^a   Wetmore, Ralph F ^a   Potsic, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; POVIDONE IODINE;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG THERAPY; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTALGIA; PALATINE TONSILLECTOMY; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0022446031     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1986.03780060022002     Document Type: Article

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