An evidence-based guideline for children presenting with acute breathing difficulty

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 850-853

  Lakhanpaul, Monica ^a   MacFaul, R ^b   Werneke, U ^c   Armon, K ^d   Hemingway, P ^e   Stephenson, T ^f  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE BREATHING DIFFICULTY; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONSENSUS; CROUP; DELPHI STUDY; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 72449204147     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.064279     Document Type: Article

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