Pediatric blast lung injury from a fireworks-related explosion

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 573-576

  Ratto, Jessica ^a   Johnson, Bernadette K ^b   Condra, Cole S ^b   Knapp, Jane F ^a  

^a Department of Graduate Medical Education ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blast injury; blast lung injury; firework

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VECURONIUM;

BLAST INJURY; BLAST LUNG INJURY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINGERS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 84862159793     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318258af60     Document Type: Review

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