Bronchiolitis: An Evidence-Based Approach to Management

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Seiden, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Scarfone, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; respiratory syncytial virus; therapy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HELIOX; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOSE CONGESTION; OTITIS MEDIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESTLESSNESS; RHINORRHEA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHEEZING;

EID: 66049113197     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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