Therapeutic approach to bronchiolitis: Why pediatricians continue to overprescribe drugs?

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  De Brasi, Daniele ^a   Pannuti, Fortunato ^b   Antonelli, Fabio ^a   De Seta, Federica ^b   Siani, Paolo ^a   De Seta, Luciano ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ASL Napoli 1   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ITALY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SUCTION;

EID: 79952201593     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-36-67     Document Type: Article

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