The utility of preoperative hemostatic assessment in adenotonsillectomy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-76

  Zwack, Gregory C ^a   Derkay, Craig S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adenoidectomy; coagulopathy; complications; hemorrhage; screening; tonsille ctomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0031566993     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(96)01465-6     Document Type: Article

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