The incidence of early post-operative complications following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: Identification of predictive risk factors

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Kandasamy, Thileeban ^a   Wright, Erin D ^b   Fuller, John ^a   Rotenberg, Brian W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYHEMOGLOBIN DESATURATION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL RISK; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; WARD; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVULA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTPATIENTS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896400634     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1916-0216-42-15     Document Type: Article

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