A single dose of dexamethasone to prevent postbronchoscopy fever in children: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 201-205

  Picard, Elie ^a,b   Goldberg, Shmuel ^a,b   Virgilis, Dov ^a,b   Schwartz, Shepard ^a,b   Raveh, David ^a,b   Kerem, Eitan ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fever; Fiberbronchoscopy in children; Lavage; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846294719     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-0337     Document Type: Article

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