Presentation and survival of prehospital apparent sudden infant death syndrome

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Smith, Matthew P ^a   Kaji, Amy ^a   Young, Kelly D ^a,b   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^d EMS Fellowship   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Prehospital; SIDS; Survival; Termination of resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASYSTOLE; CIRCULATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ABUSE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 26044432289     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590924690     Document Type: Article

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