Dexamethasone and risk of bleeding in children undergoing tonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 872-879

  Mahant, Sanjay ^a,b   Keren, Ron ^c,d   Localio, Russell ^c,d   Luan, Xianqun ^c   Song, Lihai ^c   Shah, Samir S ^e   Tieder, Joel S ^f   Wilson, Karen M ^g   Elden, Lisa ^h   Srivastava, Rajendu ^i,j  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

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Author keywords

dexamethasone; perioperative; postoperative bleeding; quality of care; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY;

DEXAMETHASONE; PERIOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING; QUALITY OF CARE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899870502     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814521555     Document Type: Article

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