Diagnostic testing and discharge coding for whooping cough in a children's hospital

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 586-590

  Bonacruz Kazzi, G ^a,b   McIntyre, P ^a,b   Hanlon, M ^a,b   Menzies, R ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Hospitalization; Notification; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; VOMITING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0344010489     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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