Respiratory arrest from Ascaris lumbricoides

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bailey, J Kevin ^a   Warner, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Burns; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MEBENDAZOLE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY SURFACE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPRESSION; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MEXICO; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77956284322     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0163     Document Type: Article

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