The assessment and management of croup

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment of severity; Laryngo tracheo bronchitis; Nebulised adrenaline; Nebulised corticosteroids; Symptoms and signs of croup; Systemic corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUTICASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HELIOX; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABSENTEEISM; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROUP; CRYOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG USE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; META ANALYSIS; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; STRIDOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER VAPOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 32244444549     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.09.002     Document Type: Review

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