Current indications for adenoidectomy in a sample of children in the Netherlands

B-ENT

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-18

  Van Den Aardweg, M T A ^a   Rovers, M M ^a,b   Kraal, A ^a   Schilder, A G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Children; Indication; Otitis media; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYRINGOTOMY; NETHERLANDS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952318029     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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