Fire attributable to a defibrillation attempt in a neonate

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 677-679

  Theodorou, Andreas A ^a   Gutierrez, Juan A ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0041336969     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.3.677     Document Type: Article

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