Bronchiolitis: Clinical characteristics associated with hospitalization and length of stay

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Corneli, Howard M ^a   Zorc, Joseph J ^b   Holubkov, Richard ^c   Bregstein, Joan S ^d   Brown, Kathleen M ^e   Mahajan, Prashant ^f   Kuppermann, Nathan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network   (United States)

^d Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian ^*  (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; hospitalization; hypoxia; length of stay; projections and predictions

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANOXIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857143302     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182440b9b     Document Type: Article

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