Brief hospitalization and pulse oximetry for predicting amoxicillin treatment failure in children with severe pneumonia

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Fu, Linda Y ^a,l   Ruthazer, Robin ^b   Wilson, Ira ^b   Patel, Archana ^c   Fox, LeAnne M ^d   Tuan, Tran Anh ^e   Jeena, Prakash ^f   Chisaka, Noel ^g   Hassan, Mumtaz ^h   Lozano, Juan ⁱ   Maulen Radovan, I ^j   Thea, Donald M ^d   Qazi, Shamim ^k   Hibberd, Patricia ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Indira Gandhi Government Medical   (India)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL 1   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zambia)

^h Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

ⁱ Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

^j HOSPITAL ÁNGELES LOMAS   (Mexico)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Child; Hospitalization; Oximetry; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; OXIMETRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33947160989     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2673     Document Type: Article

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