Post-tonsillectomy pain.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: In the intervention group, patients are treated with 0.5 mg/kg prednisolone and one 500 mg acetaminophen tablet every 6 hours for one week. Intervention 2: Control
Sponsors
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Having tonsil stones or chronic tonsil infection or tonsil tumor or nocturnal snoring requires tonsillectomy Consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having diabetes Having hypertension Using corticosteroids Using immunosuppressives
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Post-operative pain. Timepoint: Daily for a week. Method of measurement: A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is a measurement tool used to assess subjective experiences, such as pain. It typically consists of a straight line with endpoints representing the extremes of the experience being measured, and the participant is asked to mark their level of experience on the line. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactNezamodin Berjis
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed