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Yale J. Berry, MD
Boston, Mass

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996;122(8):897.

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Nicklaus et al¹ felt that the complication rate of 8.9% or 21 patients was acceptable. Nine had to be readmitted and 4 patients had to be again intubated and anesthetized because of primary bleeding. Further, in the article, the great savings that was described as a tremendous burden to our society was delineated.

I feel that, unfortunately, otolaryngologists are developing the mentality of insurance companies. Not calculated was the difficulty of parents controlling pain, of the reassurance of physicians and nurses, and of the firm handling to be sure that intake was adequate on discharge. Also not calculated was the time that parents have to take off from work to care for their children for that extra day.

One patient had persistent vomiting 30 minutes after discharge, went to the emergency department for an intramuscular injection of prochlorperazine, and was then sent home.

The inhumane care of patients mandated . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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