Childhood cough

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7847, 2012, Pages

  Brodlie, Malcolm ^a,b   Graham, Chris ^c   McKean, Michael C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Infectious Diseases Allergy   (United Kingdom)

^c Northumbria Vocational Training Scheme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALLERGY TEST; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD COUGH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; HUMANS; INFANT; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858051679     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1177     Document Type: Review

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