Paediatric advanced life support: Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2006

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-371

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; VASOPRESSIN;

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33745573732     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Review

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