Bilateral peritonsillar abscesses: Relief of upper airway obstruction by quinsy tonsillectomy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-127

  Kessler, Alex ^a,b   Lapinsky, Judith ^a,b   Segal, Samuel ^a,b   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bilateral peritonsillar abscesses; Quinsy tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TRISMUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0037302239     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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