Evaluation of apparent life-threatening events in infants

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-

  Warren, Johanna ^a   Biagioli, Frances ^a   Hamilton, Andrew ^a   Smith, Pete C ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ELECTROLYTE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANEMIA; APNEA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LONG QT SYNDROME; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOTE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INJURY; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STOMACH PH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

APNEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 34447116238     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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