2005 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) of pediatric and neonatal patients: Pediatric basic life support

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Atkins, Dianne L ^a   Berg, Marc D ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a   Bhutta, Adnan T ^a   Biarent, Dominique ^a   Bingham, Robert ^a   Braner, Dana ^a   Carrera, Renato ^a   Chameides, Leon ^a   Coovadia, Ashraf ^a   De Caen, Allan ^a   Diekema, Douglas S ^a   Fendya, Diana G ^a   Fiedor, Melinda L ^a   Fiser, Richard T ^a   Fuchs, Susan ^a   Gerardi, Mike ^a   Hammill, Wiliam ^a   Hatch Jr , George W ^a   Hazinski, Mary Fran ^a   Hickey, Robert W ^a   Kattwinkel, John ^a   Kleinman, Monica E ^a   López Herce, Jesús ^a   Morley, Peter ^a   Morris, Marilyn ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a   Nolan, Jerry ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey ^a   Proctor, Lester T ^a   Quan, Linda ^a   Reis, Amelia Gorete ^a   Richmond, Sam ^a   Rodriguez Nuñez, Antonio ^a   Samson, Ricardo ^a   Scalzo, Anthony J ^a   Scherer III, L R ^a   Schexnayder, Stephen M ^a   Schleien, Charles L ^a   Shimizu, Naoki ^a   Shore, Paul M ^a   Srinivasan, Vijay ^a   Stapleton, Edward R ^a   Tibballs, James ^a   Van Der Jagt, Elise W ^a   Zaritsky, Arno ^a   Zideman, David ^a   more..

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Author keywords

Neonatal resuscitation; Pediatric advanced life support (PALS); Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BURN; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CRICOID; DEFIBRILLATION; DROWNING; EMERGENCY CARE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; STANDARD;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33646875502     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0219     Document Type: Review

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