The case for an outpatient "approach" for all pediatric tonsillectomies and/or adenoidectomies: A 4-year review of 1419 cases at a community hospital

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-108

  Postma, Duncan S ^a   Folsom, Fain ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; BLEEDING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036633913     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.126591     Document Type: Article

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