Dexamethasone and tonsillectomy bleeding: A meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 838-843

  Geva, Alon ^a,b   Brigger, Matthew T ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Hemorrhage; Steroids; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

AGE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961178177     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811399538     Document Type: Review

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