What lessons can be learned from the austrian events?

ORL

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Sarny, Stephanie ^a   Habermann, Walter ^a   Ossimitz, Guenther ^b   Stammberger, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austrian Consensus Paper; Haemorrhage; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUSTRIAN; CHILD; CONSENSUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84883153818     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342319     Document Type: Article

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