Management of pediatric cardiac trauma in the ED

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-332

  Kamdar, Gunjan ^a   Santucci, Karen ^a   Emerson, Beth L ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Cardiac enzymes; Cardiac tamponade; Cardiac trauma; Commotio cordis; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMOTIO CORDIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 82955208432     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: 15582310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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