Is secondary haemorrhage after tonsillectomy in adults an infective condition? Objective measures of infection in a prospective cohort

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-27

  Ahsan, F ^a   Rashid, H ^a   Eng, C ^a   Bennett, D M ^a   Ah See, K W ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEMORRHAGE; TEMPERATURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846966363     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2007.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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