Effects of oseltamivir on influenza-related complications in children with chronic medical conditions

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-178

  Piedra, Pedro A ^a   Schulman, Kathy L ^b   Blumentals, William A ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Healthcare Division   (United States)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral treatment; Complications; Influenza; Oseltamivir; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OSELTAMIVIR; STABILIZING AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME NURSING; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OSELTAMIVIR; OTITIS MEDIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649611236     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0977     Document Type: Article

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