Postadenoidectomy hemorrhage: a two-year prospective study.

Background/aim: Although postoperative complications are rare, postadenoidectomy hemorrhage is one of the most frequent. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the incidence and timing of postadenoidectomy hemorrhage requiring hemostatic control under endotracheal anesthesia.

Methods: A two-year prospective study of patients undergoing inpatient adenoidectomy, with (n = 462) or without tonsillectomy (n = 589), was undertaken.

[Intradermal tests with vasomotor agents in chronic noninfectious rhinitis].

The aim of this prospective study was to examine the skin reactivity to four vasomotor agents in chronic, non-infectious rhinitis patients, and to determine whether non-allergic rhinitis (NAR) patients differ from allergic rhinitis (AR) patients. Seventy four patients with NAR and 44 with AR were subjected to intradermal testing with papaverine (5 mg/ml), metacholine (0.02, 0.