Dexamethasone to prevent postextubation airway obstruction in adults: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

INTRODUCTION: Prophylactic steroid therapy to reduce the occurrence of postextubation laryngeal edema is controversial. Only a limited number of prospective trials involve adults in an intensive care unit. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether administration of multiple doses of dexamet...

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Autores principales: Lee, Chao-Hsien, Peng, Ming-Jen, Wu, Chien-Liang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5957

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5957

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