Respiratory complications following tonsillectomy/UPPP: Is step-down monitoring necessary?

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 628-632

  Gessler, Eric M ^b   Bondy, Peter C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0042976532     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130308200821     Document Type: Review

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