Significantly increasing hospital admissions for acute throat infections among children in England: Is this related to tonsillectomy rates?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1064-1068

  Koshy, Elizabeth ^a   Murray, Joanna ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a   Sharland, Mike ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Saxena, Sonia ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84869888597     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301755     Document Type: Article

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