A comparison between dexamethasone and methylprednisolone for vomiting prophylaxis after tonsillectomy in inpatient children: A randomized trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 913-920

  Aouad, Marie T ^a   Nasr, Viviane G ^a,c   Yazbeck Karam, Vanda G ^a,d   Bitar, Mohammad A ^a   Bou Khalil, Micheline ^b   Beyrouthy, Ornella ^a   Harfouche, Diala ^a   Terrin, Norma ^c   Siddik Sayyid, Sahar ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84866908894     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182652a6a     Document Type: Article

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