Postoperative hemorrhage following adenoidectomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1246-1253

  Tomkinson, Alun ^a   Harrison, Wendy ^b   Owens, David ^a   Fishpool, Samuel ^a   Temple, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; adenotonsillectomy; age; gender; hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861825992     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23279     Document Type: Article

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