Preoperative coagulation studies prior to tonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 684-686

  Hartnick, Christopher J ^a,b   Ruben, Robert J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SAFETY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0034028728     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.5.684     Document Type: Article

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