Ambulatory pediatric otolaryngologic procedures in the United States: Characteristics and perioperative safety

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-825

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Myringotomy; Outcomes; Patient safety; Pediatric otolaryngology; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEART ARREST; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MYRINGOTOMY; NOSE FRACTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TUBE REMOVAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950799084     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20852     Document Type: Article

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