International variation in the management of infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Behrendt, C E ^a   Decker, M D ^b   Burch, D J ^a   Watson, P H ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Infant; Length of stay; Respiratory syncytial virus infections; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFUSION FLUID; RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031916735     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050798     Document Type: Article

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