Inter-observer agreement between physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists for respiratory clinical evaluation in bronchiolitis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 754-762

  Gajdos, V ^a,b,c   Beydon, N ^d   Bommenel, L ^b   Pellegrino, B ^e   De Pontual, L ^f,g   Bailleux, S ^b   Labrune, P ^b,c   Bouyer, J ^a,c,h  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Interprofessional; Nurses; Observer variation; Physicians; Physiotherapists; Relations; Reproducibility of results; Severity of illness index; Viral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

EID: 68049092775     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21016     Document Type: Article

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