Pain after tonsillectomy: effectiveness of current guidelines?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 281-286

  Walrave, Y ^a   Maschi, C ^a   Bailleux, S ^a   Falk, A T ^b   Hayem, C ^a   Carles, M ^c   De la Briere F ^a  

^a Fondation Lenval Hopital pour Enfants   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^c Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anti inflammatory agents; Children; Ibuprofen; Non steroidal therapeutic use; Observational study; Pain; Postoperative hemorrhage; Postoperative drug therapy; Prospective studies; Tonsillectomy; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TONSILLECTOMY; TRAMADOL;

EID: 85032461857     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-017-4788-0     Document Type: Article

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