The infant car seat challenge: Determining and managing an "abnormal" result

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 597-598

  Bass, Joel L ^a  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEATBELT; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 77649165474     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3344     Document Type: Note

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