A telephone audit in parallel with the UK national tonsillectomy audit to investigate re-admission as a measure of secondary haemorrhage rate

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-223

  Harris, Robert L ^a   Mitchell, James E ^a   Jonathan, David A ^a  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Secondary; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 41549110967     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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