Which clinical signs and symptoms predict hypoxemia in acute childhood asthma?

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 771-775

  Rahnama'i, M S ^a   Geilen, R P ^a   Singhi, S ^b   Van Den Akker, M ^a   Chavannes, N H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Hypoxemia; Oxygen saturation; Pediatric emergency; Pulsus paradoxus

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE RATE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANOXEMIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE;

EID: 33749484447     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790383     Document Type: Article

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