Hypertonic saline in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis in the Emergency Department

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-396

  Mandelberg, Avigdor ^a   Amirav, Israel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BRONCHIOLITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY; INFANT; NOTE; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 77950946227     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.37     Document Type: Letter

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