Pertinent issues in diagnosis and management of wheezing in under-five children at community level

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Shah, Dheeraj ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pheumonia; Respiratory tract infections; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSCULTATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 74749084175     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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