Cardiac arrest induced by blunt trauma in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 274-276

  Fisher, Brock ^a,b   Worthen, Michael ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Critical Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Blunt trauma; Cardiac arrest; Glasgow Coma Score; Injury Severity Score; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032816163     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199908000-00012     Document Type: Article

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