Prevalence of complications from adult tonsillectomy and impact on health care expenditures

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 574-581

  Seshamani, Meena ^a   Vogtmann, Emily ^b   Gatwood, Justin ^b   Gibson, Teresa B ^b   Scanlon, Dennis ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complication; outpatient surgery; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY INFECTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY PAIN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSILLECTOMY;

COMPLICATION; OUTPATIENT SURGERY; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899125620     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813519972     Document Type: Article

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