| Methods | Randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled | |
| Participants | 130 patients age 2 to 12 years undergoing tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy (electrosurgery) (63 steroid and 65 placebo) | |
| Interventions | Dexamethasone 1.0 mg/kg (max dose 25 mg) IV or normal saline | |
| Outcomes | Emesis 24 hours ("retch" or emesis) Day 1 diet (rated based upon child requesting food, accepts when offered, accepts when coaxed, refuses) Pain: analgesic use in PACU Outcomes not included: day 3 diet |
|
| Notes | Anesthesia and surgery controlled | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear |
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