Changing indications and socio-demographic determinants of (adeno)tonsillectomy among children in England--are they linked? A retrospective analysis of hospital data

To assess whether increased awareness and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and national guidance on tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis have influenced the socio-demographic profile of children who underwent tonsillectomy over the last decade. Retrospective time-trends study...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-08, Vol.9 (8), p.e103600-e103600
Main Authors: Koshy, Elizabeth, Bottle, Alex, Murray, Joanna, Sharland, Mike, Saxena, Sonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoidectomy - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Age
Apnea
Asthma
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Data processing
Demographics
Demography
Deprivation
England
Female
Hospitals
Hospitals - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infections
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Obesity
Pediatrics
Pharynx
Population
Primary care
Public health
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Sleep
Sleep apnea
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis
Sleep disorders
Social Sciences
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surgery
Throat surgery
Tonsillectomy - statistics & numerical data
Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis - surgery
Trends
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Summary:To assess whether increased awareness and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and national guidance on tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis have influenced the socio-demographic profile of children who underwent tonsillectomy over the last decade. Retrospective time-trends study of Hospital Episodes Statistics data. We examined the age, sex and deprivation level, alongside OSAS diagnoses, among children aged
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0103600