Corticosteroids in peritonsillar abscess treatment: A blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-103

  Chau, Jason K M ^a   Seikaly, Hadi R ^b   Harris, Jeffery R ^b   Villa Roel, Cristina ^b   Brick, Craig ^b,c   Rowe, Brian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; Peritonsillar abscess; randomized controlled trial; relapse; sore throat

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; PLACEBO; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RELAPSE; SORE THROAT;

CORTICOSTEROIDS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SORE THROAT;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895839908     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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