Reliability of pulse palpation by healthcare personnel to diagnose paediatric cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Tibballs, James ^a,b   Russell, Philip ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Diagnosis; Paediatrics; Pulse palpation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSES; PALPATION; PHYSICIANS; PULSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57749170767     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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