Quality of life after adenotonsillectomy for SDB in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-572

  Mitchell, Ron B ^a,b   Kelly, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444548948     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.05.040     Document Type: Article

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