Clinical predictors of admission in infants with acute bronchiolitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 648-652

  Marlais, M ^a   Evans, J ^a   Abrahamson, Ed ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79959852917     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.201079     Document Type: Article

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