Referrals for recurrent respiratory tract infections including otitis media in young children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 906-910

  van de Pol, Alma C ^a   van der Gugten, Anne C ^b   van der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Schilder, Anne G M ^a,c   Benthem, Elsje M ^a   Smit, Henriette A ^a   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a   de Wit, Niek J ^a   Damoiseaux, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ear, nose, and throat (ENT, otorhinolaryngology); Otitis media; Pediatrics; Primary care; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877822537     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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