Do antibiotics decrease post-tonsillectomy morbidity?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-707

  Al Kindy, Sami A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Audit; Children; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036319440     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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