Evaluation of pre- and posttreatment pulse oximetry in acute childhood asthma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-117

  Wright, Robert O ^a   Santucci, Karen A ^a   Jay, Gregory D ^a   Steele, Dale W ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

admission decision; asthma; pulse oximetry; test performance

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RELAPSE;

EID: 0031050063     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03716.x     Document Type: Article

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