Use of a preoperative bleeding questionnaire in pediatric patients who undergo adenotonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Licameli, Greg R ^a,b   Jones, Dwight T ^a,b   Santosuosso, Jodi ^a   Lapp, Catherine ^b   Brugnara, Carlo ^a,b   Kenna, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 52149119164     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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