Tonsillectomy among children with low baseline acute throat infection consultation rates in UK general practices: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness of tonsillectomy in reducing acute throat infection (ATI) consultation rates over 6 years' follow-up among children with low baseline ATI consultation rates.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

UK general practices from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Participants

Children aged 4-15 years with ≤3 ATI consultations during the 3 years prior to 2001 (baseline). 450 children who underwent tonsillectomy (tonsillectomy group) and 13 442 other children with an ATI consultation (comparison group) in 2001.

Main outcome measures

Mean differences in ATI consultation rates over the first 3 years' and subsequent 3 years' follow-up compared with 3 years prior to 2001 (baseline); odds of ≥3 ATI consultations at

SUBMITTER: Koshy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322199 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature