Nearly one-third of children who had surgery to remove their tonsils did not need opioids to get adequate pain relief during and after surgery, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY ® ...

Credit: Getty Images. According to the results of the Reducing Anesthetic Complications in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomies (REACT) trial, young children who received inhaled albuterol sulfate ...

The patients fared better, and the strategy also saved money, Melissa Brooks Peterson, MD, of Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, told MedPage Today.

Most children who get repeated throat infections probably don't need surgery to remove their tonsils and would improve in time with careful monitoring, according to new clinical guidelines on ...

Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created a statistical model to identify standards for typical, high, or low rates of bleeding after pediatric tonsillectomies. The ...

(Reuters Health) - Children who have their tonsils removed before they're at least three years old may be more likely to have complications afterward than kids who have the surgery when they're older, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 4-year-old son has had many episodes of painful sore throats, and his doctor recommended that his tonsils be removed. Why do kids have more trouble with their tonsils? Is there a ...

Kids are notorious for having colds, sore throats and ear infections — it’s just part of growing up and a sign that their bodies are busy building the immunities they’ll need later in life. Although ...

Roughly 290,000 tonsillectomies are performed in children under 15 years old every year in the United States. Though the tonsil hospital closed decades ago, tonsillectomies still remain one of the ...