The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 5 , Pages 540-546.e1 , May 2007

Adenotonsillectomy Improves Sleep, Breathing, and Quality of Life But Not Behavior

  • Evelyn Constantin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Evelyn Constantin, Pediatric Sleep Laboratory, Montreal Children’s Hospital, 2300 Tupper Street, C508, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3, Canada.
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  • Andrea Kermack, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  • Gillian M. Nixon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, and the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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  • Lee Tidmarsh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  • Francine M. Ducharme, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  • Robert T. Brouillette, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Received 13 April 2006 ,Revised 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 19 January 2007.

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 Evelyn Constantin was supported by a fellowship from the Fonds de Recherche en Sante du Quebec, the Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. Gillian Nixon was supported by the Alan Ross fellowship of the Department of Pediatrics at the Montreal Children’s Hospital/McGill University.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00098-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.01.026

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 150, Issue 5 , Pages 540-546.e1 , May 2007

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