Association of adenotonsillectomy with asthma outcomes in children: a longitudinal database analysis.

Childhood asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), both disorders of airway inflammation, were associated in recent observational studies. Although childhood OSA is effectively treated by adenotonsillectomy (AT), it remains unclear whether AT also improves childhood asthma. We hypothesized that AT,...

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Main Authors: Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Beatrix H Choi, David Gozal, Babak Mokhlesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219664?pdf=render