Infant acute life-threatening event-dysphagic choking versus nonaccidental injury

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Barnes, Patrick D ^a   Galaznik, John ^b   Gardner, Horace ^c   Shuman, Mark ^d  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Ophthalmologist   (United States)

^d Forensic Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSPHAGIA; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESUSCITATION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952485814     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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