Postoperative pain during the first week after adenoidectomy and guillotine adenotonsillectomy in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 476-482

  Vons, Kristy M J ^a   Bijker, Jilles B ^a,b   Verwijs, Edwin W ^b   Majoor, Maarten H J M ^a   De Graaff, Jurgen C ^c  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adenotonsillectomy; ambulatory; children; pediatric anesthesia; postoperative pain; surgical procedure; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DICLOFENAC; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTOME; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACES LEGS ACTIVITY CRY AND CONSOLABILITY SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL GUILLOTINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TONSILLECTOMY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADENOIDECTOMY; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUFENTANIL; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84898012041     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12383     Document Type: Article

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