The Effect of Dexamethasone Dosing on Post-tonsillectomy Hemorrhage

Completed

Conditions studied: Tonsillectomy, Adenotonsillectomy

In brief

This is a retrospective chart review looking at the effect of dexamethasone dosing on post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02228135

Run by

Nicole Elsey

People needed

9843

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-26

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing a tonsillectomy
• Patients undergoing an adenotonsillectomy

You may not qualify if…

• All patients with a known history of bleeding or clotting disorders, as well as those patients who had presented to Nationwide Children's Hospital main operating room for control of PTH but had their initial tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy at an outlying facility will be excluded from the study.

Where it is running

• Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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