Paediatric Posttonsillectomy Haemorrhage Rates in Auckland: A Retrospective Case Series

Table 1

Demographic and preoperative prescription data for children who underwent tonsillectomy in the public sector: PTH versus no PTH.

	PTH (n=54)	No PTH (n=1341)	p-value
Gender
Male	53.7%	57.5%	p=0.58
Female	46.3%	42.5%	p=0.58
Mean age (years)	6.5 0.9	6.9 0.2	p=0.28
Mean Body Mass Index	20.4 1.7	19.3 0.3	p=0.1
Courses of antibiotics in the year before surgery	3.3 0.4	3.4 0.1	p=0.74
Analgesia prescribed by a general practitioner in the year before surgery	72.2%	80.3%	p=0.15
Prednisone prescribed by a general practitioner in the year before surgery	14.8%	17.7%	p=0.58

†PTH = Posttonsillectomy haemorrhage.