15-Year audit of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage at Dunedin Hospital

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 579-582

  Macassey, Emily A ^a   Baguley, Campbell ^a   Dawes, Patrick ^a   Gray, Andrew ^b  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agents; Diathermy; Haemorrhage; Non steroidal; Postoperative complications; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIATHERMY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34347402323     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04154.x     Document Type: Article

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