Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 793-807

  Ramos, Sharon D ^a   Mukerji, Shraddha ^a   Pine, Harold S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Clinical recurrent tonsillitis; Sleep disordered breathing Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; APNEA INDEX; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CAUTERIZATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; NASAL SPEECH; NASOPHARYNGEAL TONSIL; NASOPHARYNX STENOSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OBESITY; PALATINE TONSIL; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPEECH DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONGUE TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION; VIRAL PHARYNGITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; CLINICAL RECURRENT TONSILLITIS; SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING/OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD; CODEINE; HUMANS; NARCOTICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84881261091     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.04.015     Document Type: Review

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