Tonsil size as a predictor of cardiac complications in children with sleep-disordered breathing

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1246-1251

  Granzotto, Eduardo Homrich ^a   Aquino, Flavio Veras ^b   Flores, José Antônio ^b   Neto, José Faibes Lubianca ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Santo Antonio Children's Hospital   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillar hypertrophy; Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONSIL; TONSIL DISEASE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY; PALATINE TONSIL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953175653     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20870     Document Type: Article

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