Association between hypertonic saline and hospital length of stay in acute viral bronchiolitis: A reanalysis of 2 meta-analyses

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 577-584

  Brooks, Corinne G ^a   Harrison, Wade N ^b   Ralston, Shawn L ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973610917     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0079     Document Type: Article

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