Dexamethasone as adjuvant therapy for severe acute pharyngitis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 212-215

  O'Brien, John F ^a   Meade, John L ^a   Falk, Jay L ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027410280     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)80205-7     Document Type: Article

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