Antibiotics to improve recovery following tonsillectomy: A systematic review

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Dhiwakar, Muthuswamy ^a,b   Eng, Chee Y ^a   Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam ^a   McKerrow, William S ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANALGESIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EMBASE; FEVER; HALITOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZATION; RASH; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33144455029     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.12.016     Document Type: Review

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