Racemic adrenaline and inhalation strategies in acute bronchiolitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2286-2293

  Skjerven, Håvard Ove ^a,b   Hunderi, Jon Olav Gjengstø ^a,c   Brug̈mann Pieper, Sabine Kristin ^d   Brun, Anne Charlotte ^e   Engen, Hanne ^f   Eskedal, Leif ^g   Haavaldsen, Marius ^c   Kvenshagen, Bente ^c   Lunde, Jon ^c   Rolfsjord, Leif Bjarte ^h   Siva, Christian ^e   Vikin, Truls ⁱ   Mowinckel, Petter ^a   Carlsen, Kai Håkon ^a,b   Ldørup Carlsen, Karin C ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c stfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^d Vestre Viken Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^e VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^f TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g Center for Cancer Treatment   (Norway)

^h INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE FEEDING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84878852645     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1301839     Document Type: Article

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