Procedures and drugs in pediatric dermatology: Iatrogenic risks and situations of concern

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 633-643

  Reddy, Kalpana ^a   Kogan, Sophia ^a   Glick, Sharon A ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; PHENTOLAMINE; POVIDONE IODINE; SILICONE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIONITIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ATROPHY; BLISTER; BODY POSITION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CIRCUMCISION; COLD TREATMENT; DAY LENGTH; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRY SKIN; DYSTOCIA; EDEMA; ENDOMETRITIS; ERYTHEMA; EXTRAVASATION; FAT NECROSIS; FETUS MONITORING; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOCALCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION RISK; LETHARGY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PARALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PENIS DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PULSE OXIMETRY; PURPURA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SUTURING METHOD; TELANGIECTASIA; THERMAL INJURY; THORACOCENTESIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; ULCER; URTICARIA; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE; VOMITING; WOUND CARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 80054718904     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.08.028     Document Type: Note

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