The challenge of treating preschool wheezing episodes: The need for evidence-based approaches

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1016-1017

  Beigelman, Avraham ^a   Zeiger, Robert S ^b,c   Kelly, H William ^d   Bacharier, Leonard B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Allergy Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower respiratory tract illness; oral corticosteroids; preschool children; recurrent wheezing; treatment strategies

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WHEEZING;

LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT ILLNESS; ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; RECURRENT WHEEZING; TREATMENT STRATEGIES;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; HUMANS;

EID: 84897397544     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.01.005     Document Type: Editorial

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