A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of nebulized epinephrine in infants with acute bronchiolitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Wainwright, Claire ^a   Altamirano, Luis ^a   Cheney, Marise ^a   Cheney, Joyce ^a   Barber, Scott ^a   Price, Darrell ^b   Moloney, Sue ^b   Kimberley, Ann ^b   Woolfield, Nick ^c   Cadzow, Susan ^c   Fiumara, Frank ^d   Wilson, Peter ^c   Mego, Steve ^c   VandeVelde, Dianne ^c   Sanders, Sharon ^e   O'Rourke, Peter ^e   Francis, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CABOOLTURE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEBULIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 0038374991     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022226     Document Type: Article

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