A survey of emergency department management of acute urticaria in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 862-868

  Beno, Suzanne M ^a,b   Nadel, Frances M ^a   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Aberhart Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antihistamines; Corticosteroids; Emergency management; Guidelines; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URTICARIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; URTICARIA;

EID: 37349055360     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31815c9dac     Document Type: Article

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