Viral bronchiolitis for the clinician

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; evidence based management; non invasive respiratory support; pharmacological treatment; respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); wheezing outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL; MACROLIDE; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; MONTELUKAST; PALIVIZUMAB; RIBAVIRIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BOCAVIRUS; BRONCHOMALACIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CORONAVIRUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HYDRATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NURSING CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOMALACIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79955156017     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01735.x     Document Type: Review

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