The Use of the Broselow Tape in Pediatric Resuscitation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 500-501

  Luten, Robert C ^a   Zaritsky, Arno ^a   Wears, Robert ^a   Broselow, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ELECTROLYTE; MIDAZOLAM; THEOPHYLLINE;

BODY MASS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 34147098021     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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