Safety of a clinical prediction rule for initial management of children with pneumonia in an ambulatory setting;Seguridad de una regla de predicción para el manejo inicial de niños con neumonía tratados en forma ambulatoria

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-515

  Torres, Fernando A ^a,b   Passarelli, Irma ^a   Cutri, Adrián ^a   Leonardelli, Araceli ^b   Ossorio, María F ^a,b   Ferrero, Fernando ^b  

^a Departamento de Consultorios Externos   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE NIÑOS PEDRO DE ELIZALDE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Diagnosis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA SCORE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650025739     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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