Comparison of three sites to check the pulse and count heart rate in hypotensive infants

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Sarti, Armando ^a   Savron, Fabio ^a   Ronfani, Luca ^a   Pelizzo, Gloria ^a   Barbi, Egidio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Hypotension; Infant; Pulse checking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE;

EID: 33645109906     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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