Preparedness of practicing pediatricians in Louisiana to manage emergencies

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 745-748

  Shetty, Avinash K ^a,b   Hutchinson, Sharon W ^a,b   Mangat, Raghubir ^a,b   Peck, Gary Q ^a,b  

^a Louisiana State Univ Medical Center ^*

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; PHENYTOIN; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MASK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITOR; NEBULIZER; NEEDLE; PEDIATRICIAN; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STETHOSCOPE; TANK;

EID: 0031826743     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199808000-00008     Document Type: Article

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