Revisits and postoperative hemorrhage after adult tonsillectomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1554-1556

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a   Kepnes, Lynn J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; dehydration; postoperative hemorrhage; readmission; revisit; safety; surgical complications; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; DEHYDRATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; READMISSION; REVISIT; SAFETY; SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903141583     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24541     Document Type: Article

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