Pediatric cardiac emergencies: Children are not small adults

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-96

  Frazier, Aisha ^a   Hunt, Elizabeth ^a   Holmes, Kathryn ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; arrhythmias; cardiomyopathies; congenital heart disease; Kawasaki disease; myocarditis; pediatric cardiac emergencies; pulmonary embolism; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952376363     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.76842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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