Hospitalization patterns in severe acute asthma in children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 184-192

  Schuh, Suzanne ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Stephens, Derek ^a   Callahan, Sheilagh ^a   Canny, Gerald ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; asthma score; children; emergency room; hospitalization; oxygen saturation; pulmonary function; treatment

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IPRATROPIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030955076     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199703)23:3<184::AID-PPUL3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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