Causes, costs, and risk factors for unplanned return visits after adenotonsillectomy in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1640-1646

  Duval, Melanie ^a   Wilkes, Jacob ^c   Korgenski, Kent ^c   Srivastava, Rajendu ^c,d   Meier, Jeremy ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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

^d INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Cost; Post operative complications; Post tonsillectomy hemorrhage; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; UNPLANNED RETURN VISIT; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940796342     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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