Home versus hospital intravenous antibiotic therapy for acute pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 744-749

  Nazer, Dena ^a   Abdulhamid, Ibrahim ^a,b   Thomas, Ronald ^a   Pendleton, Sara ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cystic fibrosis; Intravenous antibiotics; Pulmonary exacerbations

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746656304     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20433     Document Type: Article

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