Heliox in children with croup: A strategy to hasten improvement

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Kline Krammes, Sarah ^a   Reed, Christina ^a   Giuliano, John S ^b   Schwartz, Hamilton P ^c   Forbes, Michael ^a   Pope, John ^a   Besunder, James ^a   Gothard, Michael D ^a   Russell, Kerry ^a   Bigham, Michael T ^a  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HELIOX;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROUP; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; STRIDOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84860379455     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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