The sophistication of simplicity... Optimizing emergency dosing

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-465

  Luten, Robert ^a   Zaritsky, Arno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BROSELOW TAPE; DOSE CALCULATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARREST; MEASUREMENT; NOTE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 44049083023     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Note

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