Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure after drowning: Two children victim of cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1088-1089

  Cubattoli, Lucia ^a   Franchi, Federico ^a   Coratti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PORACTANT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DROWNING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DROWNING; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 68349106922     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.05.017     Document Type: Letter

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