Clinical characteristics of New York City children who received tympanostomy tubes in 2002

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a,b   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^a   Rothschild, Michael ^a   Bernstein, Joseph M ^c   Anderson, Rebecca ^a   Simon, Melissa ^d   Chassin, Mark ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Physician's practice pattern; Tympanostomy tubes; Use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NEW YORK CITY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049032320     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0623     Document Type: Article

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