Hemorrhage after tonsillectomy can be a life-threatening condition in the pediatric
population [
[1]
]. Several interventions have been used to prevent and treat this life-threatening
bleeding; however, in cases of severe hemorrhage, most of them are not effective in
controlling bleeding and this could put a lot of stress on emergency physicians and
nurses. Therefore, due to the high risk of postoperative hemorrhage, it is still necessary
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: January 29, 2020
Accepted:
January 23,
2020
Received:
January 12,
2020
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