Are grunting respirations a sign of serious bacterial infection in children?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1086-1089

  Bilavsky, Efraim ^a,b   Shouval, Dror S ^a   Yarden Bilavsky, Havatzelet ^b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^b   Amir, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grunting; Serious bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRUNTING RESPIRATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 63849193940     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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