New guidelines on recurrent wheeze in preschool children: Implications for primary care

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-245

  Brand, Paul L P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Guideline; Management; Paediatrics; Preschool; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; MONTELUKAST;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 57149114793     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00069     Document Type: Review

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