Perioperative adenotonsillectomy management in children: Current practices

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 592-597

  Kay, David J ^a,b   Mehta, Vishvesh ^a   Goldsmith, Ari J ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Pediatric; Survey; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CURETTAGE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037383034     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200304000-00002     Document Type: Article

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