Safety of Pediatric Short-Stay Tonsillectomy
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Safety of pediatric short-stay tonsillectomy.
OBJECTIVE To determine the safety of a relatively brief (<3-hour) period of postoperative observation prior to discharge in children undergoing outpatient tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital and public teaching hospital. PATIENTS The records of all patients (12 years of age who underwent tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy from Novem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.7.749