Cost-effective workup for tonsillitis. Testing, treatment, and potential complications.
Despite increased strictness in surgical criteria, tonsillectomy continues to be one of the most common outpatient surgical procedures performed in the United States. The primary care physician is integrally involved in the diagnosis and treatment of tonsillitis, the chief reason for tonsillectomy. This article gives guidelines for diagnosis and management of tonsillitis and provides an overview of its potential complications.
Johnson
Benjamin C
BC
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center, USA.
Alvi
Aijaz
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000382:microbiology; D000039:Peritonsillar Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents