The wheezing child: An algorithm

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 360-364

  Oo, Stephen ^a,b   Souëf, Peter Le ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84930711260     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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