Predictive factors of the duration of a first-attack acute urticaria in children

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 883-889

  Lin, Yan Ren ^a,b   Liu, Tzu Hsuan ^a   Wu, Tung Kung ^b   Chang, Yu Jun ^a,c   Chou, Chu Chung ^a,d   Wu, Han Ping ^e,f  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFECTION; INHALER; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; URTICARIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; URTICARIA;

EID: 80053583171     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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