Respiratory syncytial virus testing during bronchiolitis episodes of care in an integrated health care delivery system: A retrospective cohort study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2220-2229

  Flaherman, Valerie ^a   Li, Sherian ^b   Ragins, Arona ^b   Masaquel, Anthony ^c   Kipnis, Patricia ^b,d   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^d Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Direct fluorescent antibody testing; Episodes of care; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 79951518376     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(10)80025-6     Document Type: Article

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