Prophylactic administration of parenteral steroids for preventing airway complications after extubation in adults: Meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled trials

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7678, 2008, Pages 1088-1091

  Fan, Tao ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Mao, Bing ^a   Xiong, Zeyu ^b   Zhang, Yu ^c   Liu, Xuemei ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Yang, Sai ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHENGDU FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETREATMENT; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 56549130045     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1841     Document Type: Article

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