Ambulatory oral amoxicillin for severe pneumonia in children

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9621, 2008, Pages 1333-

  Duke, Trevor ^a   Campbell, Harry ^b   Graham, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42049113584     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60585-1     Document Type: Letter

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