Use of a homeopathic preparation for "infantile colic" and an apparent life-threatening event

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Aviner, Shraga ^a,b   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^c,d   Dalkian, Hedva ^a   Braunstein, Rony ^e   Lomnicky, Yossef ^a   Schlesinger, Menachem ^a,b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Maccabi Healthcare Services ^*

Author keywords

Apnea; Apparent life threatening event; Cyanotic spell; Gali col baby; Homeopathic

Indexed keywords

GALI COL BABY; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; LACTULOSE; SIMETHICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

APNEA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 76049105954     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3515     Document Type: Article

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