Intravenous injection of methylprednisolone reduces the incidence of postextubation stridor in intensive care unit patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1345-1350

  Cheng, Kuo Chen ^a,b   Hou, Ching Cheng ^a   Huang, Heng Ching ^a   Lin, Shu Chih ^d   Zhang, Haibo ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d St Michael's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cuff leak test; Endotracheal intubation; Laryngeal edema

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PLACEBO; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRIDOR; TIDAL VOLUME; WEANING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33646588647     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000214678.92134.BD     Document Type: Article

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