Evidence-Based Practice. Pediatric Tonsillectomy

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1071-1081

  Oomen, Karin P Q ^a   Modi, Vikash K ^a   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Evidence based medicine; Sleep disordered breathing; Throat infections; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; APNEA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELECTROSURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84866291459     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.06.010     Document Type: Review

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