Appropriateness of hospitalization for CAP-affected pediatric patients: Report from a Southern Italy General Hospital

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2009, Pages

  Antonelli, Fabio ^a   De Brasi, Daniele ^a   Siani, Paolo ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 70349216970     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-26     Document Type: Article

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