Effective Ventilation and Temperature Control Are Vital to Outborn Resuscitation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Wyckoff, Myra H ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Newborn; Outborn; Premature; Temperature control; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544368095     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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