Chest physiotherapy for acute bronchiolitis in paediatric patients between 0 and 24 months old

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Roquéi Figuls, Marta ^a   Giné Garriga, Maria ^b   Granados Rugeles, Claudia ^c   Perrotta, Carla ^d   Vilaró, Jordi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CLEARANCE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY; PERCUSSION; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIBRATION; ACUTE DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY CARE; THERAPEUTIC USE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALBUTEROL; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DRAINAGE, POSTURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PERCUSSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84861302590     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004873.pub5     Document Type: Review

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