Adenotonsillectomy Improves Sleep, Breathing, and Quality of Life But Not Behavior

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Constantin, Evelyn ^a   Kermack, Andrea ^a   Nixon, Gillian M ^b   Tidmarsh, Lee ^a   Ducharme, Francine M ^a   Brouillette, Robert T ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREATHING; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247131325     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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