Antibiotics to reduce post-tonsillectomy morbidity

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dhiwakar, Muthuswamy ^a   Clement, W A ^b   Supriya, M ^b   McKerrow, W S ^b  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFONICID; CODEINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; TIMENTIN;

ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RASH; REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 44949231239     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005607.pub2     Document Type: Review

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