Clinical predictors of pneumonia among children with wheezing

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mathews, Bonnie ^a   Shah, Sonal ^a   Cleveland, Robert H ^a   Lee, Edward Y ^a   Bachur, Richard G ^a   Neuman, Mark I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Children; Pneumonia; Radiograph; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649579829     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2062     Document Type: Article

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