Persistent pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and lingual tonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Lin, Aaron C ^a   Koltai, Peter J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUAL TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; LINGUAL TONSILLECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONGUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549127222     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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