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| Title |
Heliox for croup in children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd006822.pub4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Irene Moraa, Nancy Sturman, Treasure McGuire, Mieke L van Driel |
| Abstract |
Croup is thought to be triggered by a viral infection and is characterised by respiratory distress due to upper airway inflammation and swelling of the subglottic mucosa in children. Mostly it is mild and transient and resolves with supportive care. In moderate to severe cases, treatment with corticosteroids and nebulised epinephrine (adrenaline) is required. Corticosteroids improve symptoms but it takes time for a full effect to be achieved. In the interim, the child is at risk of further deterioration. This may rarely result in respiratory failure necessitating emergency intubation and ventilation. Nebulised epinephrine may result in dose-related adverse effects including tachycardia, arrhythmias and hypertension and its benefit may be short-lived. Helium-oxygen (heliox) inhalation has shown therapeutic benefit in initial treatment of acute respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and may prevent morbidity and mortality in ventilated neonates. Heliox has been used during emergency transport of children with severe croup and anecdotal evidence suggests that heliox relieves respiratory distress. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 35 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 20% |
| Canada | 6 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 14% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 91% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 100 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 99 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 18% |
| Researcher | 11 | 11% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 18 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 48% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 22 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 34. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 June 2018.
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#1,180,101
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#2,456
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#12,472
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Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#49
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So far Altmetric has tracked 13,156 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its peers.
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