The effect of a postoperative course of oral prednisone on postoperative morbidity following childhood tonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 551-556

  MacAssey, Emily ^a   Dawes, Patrick ^a   Taylor, Barry ^a   Gray, Andrew ^b  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

postoperative morbidity; postoperative pain; prednisolone; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POWER ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84870473383     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812447776     Document Type: Article

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