Influence of Tonsillar Size on OSA Improvement in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 281-285

  Tang, Alice ^a   Benke, James R ^b   Cohen, Aliza P ^c   Ishman, Stacey L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

obstructive sleep apnea; OSA; polysomnography; sleep apnea; sleep study; small tonsils; tonsil size

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; APNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BRODSKY GRADING SCALE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSIL; TONSIL SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; INFANT; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84937706580     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599815583459     Document Type: Article

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