The effect of dexamethasone on postoperative vomiting after tonsillectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 636-640

  Aouad, Marie T ^a   Siddik, Sahar S ^a   Rizk, Laudia B ^a   Zaytoun, Georges M ^a   Baraka, Anis S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INFUSION FLUID; PLACEBO;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION;

EID: 0035113313     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200103000-00015     Document Type: Article

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