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Tonsillectomy alone or in conjunction with adenoidectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures and is, at the same time, fraught with the potential for substantial risk especially in children with sleep-disordered breathing. Also considered are choanal atresia and CHARGE syndrome, juvenile nasal angiofibroma, peritonsillar abscess, and differentiating between epiglottitis, croup, and bacterial tracheitis. In addition, there is a discussion about jet ventilation and laser safety.

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  1. Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Robert S. Holzman MD, MA (Hon.), FAAP (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Professor of Anaesthesia)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Robert S. Holzman MD, MA (Hon.), FAAP (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Professor of Anaesthesia)

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Correspondence to Robert S. Holzman MD, MA (Hon.), FAAP .

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  1. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Robert S. Holzman

  2. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Thomas J. Mancuso

  3. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Joseph P. Cravero

  4. Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Chief Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    James A. DiNardo

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Holzman, R.S. (2017). Otolaryngology. In: Holzman, R., Mancuso, T., Cravero, J., DiNardo, J. (eds) Pediatric Anesthesiology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48448-8_14

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