The intraoperative administration of a single dose of dexamethasone in children undergoing tonsillectomy with general anesthesia reduces the perioperative consumption of opioids without increasing the ...

The administration of dexmedetomidine was associated with reduced perioperative requirements for opioids in pediatric tonsillectomy, along with lower likelihoods of emergence delirium and ...

Though tonsillectomies are one of the most commonly performed pediatric procedures, use of anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics prescription and 30-day readmissions differ significantly among ...

Tonsillectomy and excessive weight gain in children may be linked, researchers found. Using a systematic analysis of nine studies that were conducted between 1970 and 2009, researchers included 795 ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA --The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update) today in Otolaryngology-Head and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “For this reason, there is variation in clinical practice among surgeons across the country with regard to the ...

Tonsillectomy leads to weight gain in children, but does not increase the likelihood of overweight or obesity, report researchers. In addition, tonsillectomy-associated weight gain only seems to occur ...

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.

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 ...

strep throat test with child Recommendations have been updated for tonsillectomy in children; the revised clinical practice guideline was published in a supplement to the February issue of ...

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 ...

Mother hand holding child hand who have IV solution in the hospital with love and care Researchers compared opioid-sparing effects between intravenous acetaminophen and oral acetaminophen in pediatric ...