The duration of acute cough in pre-school children presenting to primary care: A prospective cohort study

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 696-705

  Hay, Alastair D ^c   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Fahey, Tom ^b   Peters, Tim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Cough; Primary care; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348090620     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg613     Document Type: Article

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