Chest radiograph in bronchiolitis: Is it always necessary?;Radiografía de tórax en la bronquiolitis: ¿Es siempre necesaria?

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Garcia Garcia Ma L ^a   Calvo Rey, C ^a   Quevedo Teruel, S ^a   Martinez Perez M ^a   Sanchez Ortega F ^a   Martin Del Valle F ^a   Verjano Sanchez F ^a   Perez Brena P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Bronchiolitis; Chest radiograph; Infant; Infiltrate

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DISEASE DURATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIROLOGY;

BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18044392995     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13065278     Document Type: Article

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