Overnight hospital stay is not always necessary after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Spiegel, Jeffrey H ^a   Raval, Tejas H ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hemorrhage; Obstructive sleep apnea; Postobstructive pulmonary edema; UPPP; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREMIA; URINE RETENTION; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 11844297344     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000150703.36075.9c     Document Type: Review

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