Hypertonic saline and acute wheezing in preschool children

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ater, Dorit ^a,c   Shai, Hanita ^a   Bar, Bat El ^a   Fireman, Nir ^a   Tasher, Diana ^a,b   Dalal, Ilan ^a,b   Ballin, Ami ^a,b   Mandelberg, Avigdor ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Wolfson Medical Centre   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Controlled clinical trial; Hypertonic saline; Preschool children; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ALBUTEROL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861918986     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3376     Document Type: Article

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