Apparent life-threatening events in infants: High risk in the out-of-hospital environment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 711-717

  Stratton, Samuel J ^a,c   Taves, Adrian ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^a   Clements, Heidi ^a   Henderson, Deborah ^a   McCollough, Maureen ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California Irvine School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMMUNITY; DEHYDRATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LIFE THREATENING EVENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OBSERVATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEPSIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

EID: 2542565184     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.10.038     Document Type: Article

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