Blood gas analysis and chest X-ray findings in infants and preschool children with acute airway obstruction

Respiration

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-181

  Pifferi, Massimo ^a   Caramella, Davide ^a   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^b   Ragazzo, Vincenzo ^a   Boner, Attilio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Chest X rays; Children; Pneumonia; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17844404026     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084049     Document Type: Article

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