Respiratory emergencies in children

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-258

  Rotta, Alexandre T ^a,b   Wiryawan, Budi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial tracheitis; Burns; Croup; Emergency; Epiglottitis; Foreign bodies; Helium; Inhalation; Pediatric; Respiratory; Retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HELIOX; OXACILLIN; OXYGEN; SULTAMICILLIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING; BRONCHOSPASM; CANDIDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROUP; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGLOTTITIS; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEBULIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRACHEITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038343382     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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