Management of bronchiectasis and chronic suppurative lung disease in Indigenous children and adults from rural and remote Australian communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 386-393

  Chang, Anne B ^a,b   Grimwood, Keith ^a,c   Maguire, Graeme ^d   King, Paul T ^e   Morris, Peter S ^b,f   Torzillo, Paul J ^g,h  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Nganampa Health Council   (Australia)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BROMHEXINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; INDOMETACIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CLEARANCE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 55449094398     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02085.x     Document Type: Article

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