Broken Ribs Following CPR or the Heimlich Maneuver

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-284

  Drinka, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEIMLICH MANEUVER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; NAUSEA; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 65449169726     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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