Emergency department management of childhood pneumonia in the United States prior to publication of national guidelines

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-246

  Neuman, Mark I ^a   Shah, Samir S ^b   Shapiro, Daniel J ^c   Hersh, Adam L ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875306916     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12088     Document Type: Review

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