Earthquakes and pediatric nephrology: Are we prepared?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2543-2544

  Sethi, Sidharth Kumar ^c   Bunchman, Timothy ^a   Srivastava, Rajendra N ^b  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSH TRAUMA; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; MASS DISASTER; NATURAL DISASTER; NEPHROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; TRIAGE;

EID: 78449271331     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1604-0     Document Type: Letter

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