Asthma attack: Is a chest x-ray necessary?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 468-470

  Swischuk, Leonard E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chest x ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 23044512554     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000169439.67432.dc     Document Type: Article

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