| Methods | Randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled | |
| Participants | 41 patients age 2 to 12 years undergoing tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy (cold with electrosurgical hemostasis) (22 steroid and 19 placebo) | |
| Interventions | Dexamethasone 0.4 mg/kg (max dose 8 mg) IV or normal saline | |
| Outcomes | Emesis 24 hours Day 1 diet (by personal communication) Time (hours) to first solid diet Pain score Analgesic Outcomes not included: day 3 diet |
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| Notes | Anesthesia not controlled; surgery controlled | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not used |
IV: intravenous PACU: post‐anesthesia care unit VAS: visual analog scale