How Safe Is it to Use Nonsteroid Anti-inflammatory Drugs for Post-tonsillectomy Analgesia in Children? Implications for Clinical ENT Practice

J Pediatr Intensive Care 2020; 09(02): 149-150
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1700949

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Authors

Petros V. Vlastarakos

¹Department of ENT, MITERA Infirmary, Athens, Greece
Efterpi Michailidou

²Department of ENT, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Chondrogiannis

³Department of Anaesthesiology, MITERA Infirmary, Athens, Greece

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