The effect of betamethasone gel in reducing sore throat, cough, and hoarseness after laryngo-tracheal intubation

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Kazemi, Asif ^a,b   Amini, Afshin ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bethamethasone jelly; Cough; Hoarseness; Sore throat; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GEL; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; COUGH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34248218614     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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