Traumatic asphyxia in a 6-year-old boy

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-168

  Hurtado, Timothy R ^a   Della Giustina, David A ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automatic garage doors; Traumatic asphyxia

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037700217     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000081240.98249.32     Document Type: Article

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