Open AccessAssociation of Adenotonsillectomy with Asthma Outcomes in Children: A Longitudinal Database Analysis
Author(s) -
Rakesh Bhattacharjee,
Beatrix Hyemin Choi,
David Gozal,
Babak Mokhlesi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001753
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , medline , longitudinal data , pediatrics , family medicine , database , demography , law , sociology , computer science , political science
Rakesh Bhattacharjee and colleagues use data from a US private health insurance database to compare asthma severity measures in children one year before and one year after they underwent adenotonsillectomy with asthma measures in those who did not undergo adenotonsillectomy. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
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