Croup presentations to emergency departments in Alberta, Canada: A large population-based study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a,b   Klassen, Terry P ^a,b   Metes, Dan ^a   Voaklander, Donald C ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Croup; Databases; Emergency medicine; Epidemiology; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CROUP; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBERTA; CROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74249117134     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21162     Document Type: Article

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