Tonsillectomy and acute throat infections in children

Background: Tonsillectomy is among the most common operations performed on children in the UK. Yet little was known about the socio-demographic profile of children who undergo the operation and how the recent decline in tonsillectomy rates has influenced the rates of severe acute throat infections (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koshy, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Saxena, Sonia ; Bottle, Alex
Published: Imperial College London 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695512