Clinical practice guideline: Polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing prior to tonsillectomy in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Roland, Peter S ^a   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^b   Brooks, Lee J ^c   Friedman, Norman R ^d   Jones, Jacqueline ^e   Kim, Tae W ^f   Kuhar, Siobhan ^g   Mitchell, Ron B ^h   Seidman, Michael D ⁱ   Sheldon, Stephen H ^j   Jones, Stephanie ^k   Robertson, Peter ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Albany ENT and Allergy Services   (United States)

^h SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Monitoring; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Practice guidelines; Sleep; Sleep disordered breathing; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBESITY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONOLOGY; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP MEDICINE; TONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052045018     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811409837     Document Type: Review

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