Prevention of postextubation laryngeal oedema

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9581, 2007, Pages 25-

  Goto, Yasushi ^a   Nagase, Takahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL STUDY; EXTUBATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NOTE; TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HYPERGLYCEMIA;

EID: 34347351980     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61038-1     Document Type: Letter

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