Effectiveness of corticosteroid treatment in acute pharyngitis: A systematic review of the literature

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-483

  Wing, Andrew ^a   Villa Roel, Cristina ^a   Yeh, Benson ^b   Eskin, Barnet ^c   Buckingham, Jeanette ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Keyword corticosteroid; Pharyngitis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; IBUPROFEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953606695     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00723.x     Document Type: Review

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