Respiratory morbidity of hospitalized children with Trisomy 21

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-386

  Hilton, J M ^a   Fitzgerald, D A ^a   Cooper, D M ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Paediatric; Respiratory; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032870710     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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