The starship children's hospital tonsillectomy: A further 10 years of experience

Laryngoscope

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2016, Pages E416-E420

  Mahadevan, Murali ^a   van der Meer, Graeme ^a   Gruber, Maayan ^a   Reed, Peter ^b   Jackson, Conor ^a   Brown, Colin ^a   Mills, Nikki ^a   Salkeld, Lesley J ^a   Neeff, Michel ^a   Evans, Jan ^a   Anderson, Brian ^c   Barber, Colin ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

day stay surgery; hemorrhage; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHYDRATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TONSILLECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMBULATORY SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84995897465     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.26041     Document Type: Article

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