The use of dexamethasone to reduce pain after tonsillectomy in adults: A double-blind prospective randomized trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-236

  Lachance, Marianne ^a   Lacroix, Yolène ^a   Audet, Nathalie ^a   Savard, Patrick ^a   Thuot, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dexamethasone; Postoperative pain; Steroids; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 40949141500     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318159a5cc     Document Type: Article

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