Sternal fracture and osteomyelitis: An unusual complication of a precordial thump

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 540-542

  Ahmar, Walid ^a   Morley, Peter ^a   Marasco, Silvana ^b   Chan, William ^a   Aggarwal, Anuradha ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FRACTURE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STERNUM;

EID: 35748937318     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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