Tonsillectomy Care for the Pediatrician

This week Dr. Phyllis Dennery, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Neonatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, and Associate Editor for our State of the Art articles includes the following information regarding a most interesting article:

Before reading this month's State of the Art review by Glenn Isaacson (doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-3857), I was under the impression that tonsillectomy was a rather benign procedure based on its ubiquitous nature. The challenges of anesthesia, airway anatomy and the risks for infection are not trivial. Pediatricians are an integral part of tonsillectomy peri operative care and should learn a lot from this comprehensive review.