Evaluation and management of apparent life-threatening events in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2301-2308

  Hall, Karen L ^a,b   Zalman, Barry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE EVENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

APNEA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044439091     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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