Identification and evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea prior to adenotonsillectomy in children: Is there a problem?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-274

  Rosen, G ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIST; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043065594     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00115-1     Document Type: Editorial

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