Diagnosis and treatment of bronchiolitis in Finnish and Swedish children's hospitals

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 946-950

  Mecklin, Minna ^a   Hesselmar, Bill ^b   Qvist, Erik ^c   Wennergren, Göran ^b   Korppi, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Diagnosis; Guidelines; Infant; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SALBUTAMOL;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NOSE FEEDING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; WHEEZING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84906934930     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12671     Document Type: Article

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