Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: An international survey of clinician practice

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-125

  Lyttle, Mark D ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Ronan ^c,d,e   Doull, Iolo ^f   Hartshorn, Stuart ^g   Morris, Ian ^f   Powell, Colin V E ^f,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL CHILDREN S RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

^g BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IRELAND; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84921476665     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306591     Document Type: Article

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