Clinical predictors of the severity of bronchiolitis

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-138

  Voets, Serge ^a   Van Berlaer, Gerlant ^a   Hachimi Idrissi, Said ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Bronchiolitis; Oxygen saturation; Relative risk; Respiratory distress; Respiratory frequency; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746582354     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000206194.85072.33     Document Type: Article

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