The effect of intravenous dexamethasone in pediatric adenotonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-120

  April, Max M ^a,c   Callan, Noreen D ^a   Nowak, Donna M ^b   Hausdorff, Mark A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lennox Hill Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0030022376     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1996.01890140007003     Document Type: Article

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