Toward adenotonsillectomy in children a review for the general pediatrician

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1155-1161

  Ingram, David G ^a   Friedman, Norman R ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICIAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARYNGITIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84964999270     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.2016     Document Type: Review

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