Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Advances in science, techniques, and outcomes

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1086-1098

  Topjian, Alexis A ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a,b   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECMO; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PALS; Pediatric; Pediatric advanced life support; Therapies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S 100; S 100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; S-100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; S100 PROTEINS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 58149149359     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3313     Document Type: Review

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