RISK FACTORS FOR POST-TONSILLECTOMY HEMORRHAGE IN ADULT POPULATION: DOES SMOKING HISTORY HAVE AN IMPACT?

Published: 18 February 2019| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/2fv4gnd2gj.1
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Nurullah Seyhun

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Data shows the patient characteristics in adult population who underwent tonsillectomy. Smoking status , peritonsillar abscess history, hypertension, age, gender re-bleeding, severity of hemorrhage were recorded. smoking status of the patients were recorded as pack/year. if hypertension was present it was recorded as 1, if not , recorded as 0. same implies for prior peritonsillar abscess. there are 364 patients, 53 of them experienced at least a bleeding episode.

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Otorhinolaryngology

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