Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy

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Paediatric adenotonsillectomy, part 1: surgical perspectives relevant to the anaesthetist

Paediatric adenotonsillectomy, part 2: considerations for anaesthesia

Perioperative clinical practice recommendations for pediatric tonsillectomy: a systematic review

The effect of deep and awake tracheal extubation on turnover times and postoperative respiratory complications post adenoid-tonsillectomy

Perioperative respiratory complications following awake and deep extubation in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

Anaesthesia for adenotonsillectomy: An update

Anesthesia for tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy in children

Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (T & A)

Anaesthesia for tonsillectomy

BJA: Difficult airway management: children are different from adults, and neonates are different from children!

Clinical practice guideline: Polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing prior to tonsillectomy in children

Practice parameters for the respiratory indications for polysomnography in children

The Development of an Opioid Sparing Anesthesia Protocol for Pediatric Ambulatory Tonsillectomy and Adenotonsillectomy Surgery - A Quality Improvement Project

Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events After Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy—Evaluating the Role of Preoperative Pharmacologic Anxiolysis

Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and difficulty of anesthesia induction in children undergoing tonsillectomy

A 2013 updated systematic review & meta-analysis of 36randomized controlled trials; no apparent effects of non steroidal anti-inflammatory agents on the risk of bleeding after tonsillectomy

Safety review update of codeine use in children; new Boxed Warning and Contraindication on use after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Published February 20, 2013

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy may lead to rare, but life-threatening adverse events or death. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Published August 15, 2012.

Hannallah RS, Brown KA, Verghese ST. Otorhinolaryngologic procedures. In: Coté CJ, Lerman J, Anderson BJ, eds. A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013: 653-682.

Clinical Practice Guideline: Tonsillectomy in Children (Update)

Effect of Tulobuterol Patch Versus Placebo on the Occurrence of Respiratory Adverse Events in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomies: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2023 Jun 1;136(6):1067-1074. PMID: 36727868

Editorial

Adler AC, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Beta Agonists for Prevention of Respiratory Adverse Events in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy: Long-Acting, Short Acting, or Not Acting. Anesth Analg. 2023 Jun 1;136(6):1064-1066. PMID: 37205802

Kou YF, Mitchell RB, Johnson RF. A cross-sectional analysis of pediatric ambulatory tonsillectomy surgery in the United States. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Oct; 161(4): 699-704. PMID: 31010384

Subramanyam R, Chidambaran V, Ding L, Myer CM 3rd, Sadhasivam S. Anesthesia- and opioids-related malpractice claims following tonsillectomy in USA: LexisNexis claims database 1984-2012. Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Apr; 24(4): 412-20. PMID: 24417679

How Pediatric Anesthesiologists Manage Children with OSA Undergoing Tonsillectomy

Perioperative clinical practice recommendations for pediatric tonsillectomy: a systematic review

Trigeminal Nerve Blockade in the Pterygopalatine Fossa for the Management of Postoperative Pain in Three Adults Undergoing Tonsillectomy: A Proof-of-Concept Report

Care of the Pediatric Patient for Ambulatory Tonsillectomy With or Without Adenoidectomy: The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Position Statement

Lin C, Abboud S, Zoghbi V, Kasimova K, Thein J, Meister KD, Sidell DR, Balakrishnan K, Tsui BCH. Suprazygomatic Maxillary Nerve Blocks and Opioid Requirements in Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 May 23:e241011. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.1011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38780948; PMCID: PMC11117150.