Intensive care for infants and children in Haiti in April 2010

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-397

  Von Saint André Von Arnim, Amélie ^a   Brogan, Thomas V ^a   Hertzig, Jeremy ^a   Kim, Kihan ^a   Wurm, Gwen ^b   Roberts, Joan ^a   Fink, Ericka L ^c  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; developing country; Haiti; neonatal; pediatric

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DIAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENOBARBITAL; QUININE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMATIC STATE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EARTHQUAKE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HAITI; HELMINTHIASIS; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SOCIAL WORKER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 79960839409     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318219268d     Document Type: Article

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