Comparability of acute asthma severity assessments by parents and respiratory therapists

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1199-1202

  Gorelick, Marc H ^a,c   Stevens, Molly W ^a   Schultz, Theresa R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036949847     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.12.1199     Document Type: Article

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