Risk factors for intensive care in children with acute asthma

Respirology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 436-441

  Lyell, Patricia J ^a,b   Villanueva, Elmer ^c   Burton, Debbie ^b   Freezer, Nicholas J ^a,c   Bardin, Philip G ^a,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Near fatal asthma

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644845888     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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