Effectiveness of dexamethasone in preventing extubation failure in preterm infants at increased risk for airway edema

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 591-596

  Couser, Robert J ^a   Ferrara, T Bruce ^a   Falde, Brenda ^a   Johnson, Katie ^a   Schilling, Craig G ^a   Hoekstra, Ronald E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STRIDOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; EDEMA; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0026657331     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81154-0     Document Type: Article

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