Decision making in asthma exacerbation: A clinical judgement analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 672-677

  Jenkins, John ^a   Shields, Mike ^a   Patterson, Chris ^a   Kee, Frank ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 34547653053     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.117424     Document Type: Article

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