Effectiveness of a postoperative disposition protocol for sleep apnea surgery

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-277

  Rocke, Daniel ^a   Sharp, Scott ^b   Wiener, Dana ^c   Puscas, Liana ^d   Lee, Walter T ^d  

^a Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Cardiovascular Associates   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DISPOSITION PROTOCOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879693547     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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