Value of preoperative prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time as a predictor of postoperative hemorrhage in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 628-632

  Howells II, R C ^a   Wax, M K ^a   Ramadan, H H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0031448808     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70044-5     Document Type: Article

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