Clinical Efficacy of Dexamethasone for Acute Exudative Pharyngitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-367

  Tasar, Ali ^a   Yanturali, Sedat ^b   Topacoglu, Hakan ^b   Ersoy, Gurkan ^b   Unverir, Pinar ^b   Sarikaya, Sezgin ^b  

^a Nazilli State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; exudative pharyngitis; pain; treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODYNOPHAGIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55649107720     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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