The pulmonary index score as a clinical assessment tool for acute childhood asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-429

  Hsu, Peter ^a,b   Lam, Lawrence T ^b   Browne, Gary ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY INDEX SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649948354     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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