Blood pressure after adenotonsillectomy in children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 882-

  Kaditis, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADENOIDECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 54049090770     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.178.8.882     Document Type: Letter

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