The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Mar 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialEffectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: open, randomised controlled trial.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Mar 2005
Syncope in children: diagnostic tests have a high cost and low yield.
To assess the use, yield, and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests used in the evaluation of syncope in children. ⋯ The evaluation of pediatric syncope remains expensive, and testing has a low diagnostic yield. An approach that focuses on the use of testing to verify findings from the history and physical examination or exclude life-threatening causes is justified.