Dexamethasone reduces pain, vomiting and overall complications following tonsillectomy in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 531-542

  Diakos, E A ^a   Gallos, I D ^a   El Shunnar, S ^b   Clarke, M ^c   Kazi, R ^a   Mehanna, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; ODYNOPHAGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 84855166991     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02373.x     Document Type: Review

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