"my child can't keep anything down!": Interviewing parents who bring their preschoolers to the emergency department for diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Graham, Jennifer M ^a   Fitzpatrick, Eleanor A ^a   Black, Karen J L ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Parental decision making; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOMITING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 77951147403     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181d6d9de     Document Type: Article

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