Bronchodilators in wheezy under 2-year-olds: When and which (if any)?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-118

  Carroll, Will D ^a   Srinivas, Jyothi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FENOTEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL;

ADENOVIRUS; AEROSOL; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG HALF LIFE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; METERED DOSE INHALER; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; WHEEZING;

GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY;

BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84878338492     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303078     Document Type: Review

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