Community-acquired pneumonia in children: Quantifying the burden on patients and their families including decrease in quality of life

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1213-1219

  Shoham, Yaron ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Givon Lavi, Noga ^a   Liss, Zvika ^b   Shagan, Tomer ^a   Zamir, Orly ^a   Greenberg, David ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burden; Children; Pneumonia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAREGIVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENTAL LEAVE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 25144432967     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1285     Document Type: Article

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