Evaluation and management of illness in a child after international travel

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-198

  Nield, Linda S ^a   Stauffer, William ^b   Kamat, Deepak ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Illness; International travel; Management

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANAMNESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SHIGELLOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; TRAVEL;

EID: 15044364171     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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