Wheezing Exacerbations in Early Childhood: Evaluation, Treatment, and Recent Advances Relevant to the Genesis of Asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 537-543

  Miller, E Kathryn ^a   Avila, Pedro C ^b   Khan, Yasmin W ^a   Word, Carolyn R ^c   Pelz, Barry J ^d   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^e,f   Peebles, R Stokes ^a   Heymann, Peter W ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Virus; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE; PALIVIZUMAB;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RAPID TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUMMER; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION; WHEEZING; DRUG EFFECTS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84924548922     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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