Causes and costs for ED visits after pediatric adenotonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 691-696

  Curtis, Jonathan L ^a   Harvey, D Brandon ^a   Willie, Scott ^a   Narasimhan, Evan ^a   Andrews, Seth ^b   Henrichsen, Jake ^c   Van Buren, Nicholas C ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a,b,d   Meier, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; pediatric adenotonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADULT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SORE THROAT; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84926286933     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815572123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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