The efficacy of perioperative steroid therapy in pediatric primary palatoplasty

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 340-344

  Senders, Craig W ^a   Di Mauro, Stephen M ^b   Brodie, Hilary A ^a   Emery, Brian E ^c   Sykes, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Perioperative steroid therapy; Primary palatoplasty

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; FISTULA; FLUID INTAKE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PALATOPLASTY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0033010765     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1999)036<0340:TEOPST>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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