The Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial (CHAT): Rationale, design, and challenges of a randomized controlled trial evaluating a standard surgical procedure in a pediatric population

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1509-1517

  Redline, Susan ^a   Amin, Raouf ^b   Beebe, Dean ^b   Chervin, Ronald D ^c   Garetz, Susan L ^d   Giordani, Bruno ^c   Marcus, Carole L ^e   Moore, Reneé H ^f   Rosen, Carol L ^g   Arens, Raanan ^h   Gozal, David ⁱ   Katz, Eliot S ^j   Mitchell, Ronald B ^k   Muzumdar, Hiren ^h   Taylor, H G ^g   Thomas, Nina ^l   Ellenberg, Susan ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Clinical trial; Pediatrics; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STANDARD; TONSIL DISEASE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 80655149478     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1388     Document Type: Article

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