Apparent life-threatening event: A review

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1127-1146

  DeWolfe, Craig C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; METHYLXANTHINE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ACROCYANOSIS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE TONE; PALLOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAGGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SYNDROME;

EID: 21844452917     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.05.004     Document Type: Review

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