State of the evidence on acute asthma management in children: A critical appraisal of systematic reviews

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1334-1343

  Boluyt, Nicole ^a   Van Der Lee, Johanna H ^a   Moyer, Virginia A ^b   Brand, Paul L P ^c   Offringa, Martin ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Princess Amalia Children's Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Child; Evaluation studies; Quality assurance health care; Review literature

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HELIUM; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMBASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAL SIGN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 36849005447     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3381     Document Type: Article

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