Outcomes of tonsillectomy in neurologically impaired children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2231-2241

  Conley, Stephen F ^a   Beecher, Robert B ^b   Delaney, Amy L ^b   Norins, Nan A ^a   Simpson, Pippa M ^b   Li, Shun Hwa ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Dysphagia; Neurologically impaired children; Swallow; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BREATHING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EXPERIENCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449103925     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20600     Document Type: Article

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