Post-tonsillectomy pain and vomiting: Role of pre-operative steroids

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 505-509

  Hashmi, Muhammad Ali ^a   Ahmed, Attique ^a   Aslam, Sohail ^a   Mubeen, Muhammad ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Dexamethasone; Electrocautery; Pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865847487     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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