Asthma and pneumonia

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1347-1356

  Browne, Lorin R ^a   Gorelick, Marc H ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chest pain in children; Pneumonia; Pulmonary pathologies

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MACROLIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASTHMA; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 78649405469     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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