Lychee-flavored gel candies: A potentially lethal snack for infants and children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1120-1122

  Seidel, James S ^a,b   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; SUGAR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EATING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SUCKING;

EID: 0036873348     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.11.1120     Document Type: Article

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