Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children with sleep related breathing disorders: Consensus statement of a UK multidisciplinary working party

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-63

  Robb, P J ^a   Bew, S ^b   Kubba, H ^c   Murphy, N ^d   Primhak, R ^d   Rollin, A M ^a   Tremlett, M ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists

^c British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; CHILD; CONSENSUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 60849119864     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01862.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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