Dexamethasone and haemorrhage risk in paediatric tonsillectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-42

  Bellis, J R ^a   Pirmohamed, M ^a   Nunn, A J ^a   Loke, Y K ^b   De, S ^a   Golder, S ^c   Kirkham, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; paediatrics; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY;

DEXAMETHASONE; PAEDIATRICS; TONSILLECTOMY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84903941160     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu152     Document Type: Review

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