The Management of Pre-School Wheeze

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Bhatt, Jayesh M ^a   Smyth, Alan R ^b,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic viral wheeze; Inhaled corticosteroids; Montelukast; Multi trigger; Ruttles

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOVIRUS; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONAVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; LUNG LAVAGE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 78650241729     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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