The natural history of acute cough in children aged 0 to 4 years in primary care: A systematic review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 478, 2002, Pages 401-409

  Hay, Alastair D ^a   Wilson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cough; Meta analysis; Natural history; Pre school; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAMNESIS; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EAR DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NOSE; PARENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036245023     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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