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Is admission to hospital with stridor and acute viral croup influenced by time?
Author(s) -
DAWSON K. P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1988.tb01330.x
Subject(s) - croup , medicine , stridor , pediatrics , medical record , hospital admission , viral infection , emergency medicine , laryngitis , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , airway , virus , virology
Study of the records of 100 children admitted sequentially to hospital with viral croup suggested that they were more likely to be admitted at night than during the day when compared with other common conditions. The actual day of the week was unimportant, suggesting that medical availability was not a factor.