Reliability and validity of the respiratory score in the assessment of acute bronchiolitis

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Chin, Ho Jen ^a   Seng, Quah Ban ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Reliability; Respiratory scores; Validity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSE OXIMETER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27744548600     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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