Review: some preschool children develop complications after presenting to primary care with acute cough.

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  • Stephanie Wright
چکیده

Study selection Studies published in English were selected if they were cohort studies, control or placebo arms of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews of RCTs, and if patients were preschool children 0–4 years of age presenting to primary care with acute cough. For study selection, the review used the symptom of cough or UARTIC defined as a cough that failed to differentiate into a recognised clinical picture with known associated bacterial or viral aetiology, such as croup, whooping cough, pneumonia, or bronchiolitis. UARTIC included conditions labelled upper RTI, bronchitis, chest infection, and postnasal drip. Studies examining nonUARTIC, including pertussis and persistent wheezing, were excluded, as were those where a primary care physician was not consulted or the research was based in developing countries.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Evidence-based nursing

دوره 6 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003